News & Reviews News Wire News Photo: Merchants Bridge gets final span

News Photo: Merchants Bridge gets final span

By Trains Staff | August 30, 2022

| Last updated on February 19, 2024

Five-year project nears completion

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Aerial view of steel structure being moved by boats
The final new bridge span for the Merchants Bridge project is shoved into place is shoved into place by towboats on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Trey Cambern; courtesy General Contractor Walsh Construction)

ST. LOUIS — The final span for the rebuilding of the Terminal Railroad Association’s Merchants Bridge, the key Mississippi River crossing dating to 1889, was moved into place as scheduled on Friday, Aug. 26. The $222 million project to rebuild the 4,340-foot bridge began in 2018, and will double the capacity of the double-track structure [see “St. Louis Merchants Bridge project reaches final milestone,” Trains News Wire, Aug. 26, 2022]. The bridge had been limited to one train at a time because of age and engineering concerns.

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