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Created on: 10/28/98
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Eads Bridge

Illinois and Saint Louis Bridge; Saint Louis Bridge
Built: 1867 - 1874
Status: in use
Location: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Crosses: Mississippi River
Eads Bridge, Saint Louis.
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Structural Type:
Arch bridge
fixed
Function / usage:
Railroad bridge [railway bridge]
Road bridge

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
  James Buchanan Eads
Assistant engineer Louis F. G. Bouscaren

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
  Keystone Bridge Company

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
arches  steel
Dimensions
  length of center spans 158.5 m
  clearance 16.8 m

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External LinkBridgepros: Eads Bridge English
External LinkDigital Bridges: Report of the city engineer to the Board of Common Council of the City of St. Louis, in relation to a bridge across the Mississippi River, at St. Louis English
External LinkHABS: Eads Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Washington Street, St. Louis, Missouri English
External LinkHAER: Eads Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Washington Street, St. Louis, County, MO English
External LinkiCivilEngineer: The Eads Bridge English
External LinkThe Bridges And Structures Of The Upper Mississippi River: Eads Bridge English
External LinkWashington University Libraroes: Terminal Railroad Association - Eads Bridge Drawings English
External LinkWikipedia: Eads Bridge English
External Linkウィキペディア: イーズ橋 Japanese

Relevant Literature
* Triumphant Trio, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 2nd Quarter 2004, n. 35 v. 10 .
* Billington, David P.   The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 113-117.
* Brown, David J.   Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA) , ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 82-83.
* Cooper, Theodore   The Erection of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge, in "Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers", 1874, n. 3 .
* Diaz, David   Under Pressure, in "American Heritage of Invention & Technology", Spring 1996 .
* Dietrich, Richard J.   Faszination Brücken (1st edition), Callwey, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3766713264, 1998; pp. 178-185.
* Dupré, Judith   Bridges, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA) , ISBN 1884822754, 1997; pp. 52-53.
* Dupré, Judith   Brücken, Könemann, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3829004095, 1998; pp. 52-53.
* Dupré, Judith   Les ponts, Könemann, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3829004109; pp. 52-53.
* Eads, James B.   Report of the Engineer-in-Chief of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company, Missouri Democrat Book and Job Printing House, Saint Louis (USA) , 1868.
* Fernández Troyano, Leonardo   Bridge engineering, Thomas Telford, London (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0727732153, 2003; pp. 179, 250, 257, 306.
* Graf, Bernhard   Bridges that Changed the World, Prestel, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3791327011, 2002; pp. 70-71.
* Graf, Bernhard   Brücken, die die Welt verbinden, Prestel, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3791327003, 2002; pp. 70-71.
* How, Louis   James B. Eads, Books for Librarian Press, Hempstead (USA) , 1970.
* Jackson, Donald C.   Great American Bridges and Dams, John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA) , ISBN 0471143855, 1984; pp. 220-222.
* Jackson, Robert W.   Rails Across the Mississippi, University of Illinois Press, Urbana (USA) , ISBN 0252026802, 2001.
* Kouwenhoven, John A.   The Designing of the Eads Bridge, in "Technology and Culture", October 1982, n. 4 v. 23 .
* Petroski, Henry   Engineers of Dreams, Vintage Books, New York (USA) , ISBN 0679730210, 1995; pp. 36-60.
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 159-160.
* Prade, Marcel   Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France) , ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 111.
* Saint Louis (Mo.). City Engineer's Office   Report of the city engineer to the Board of Common Council of the City of St. Louis, in relation to a bridge across the Mississippi River, at St. Louis, McKee, Fishback and company, printers, Saint Louis (USA) , 1865.
* Scott, Quinta   The Eads Bridge, University of Missouri Press, Saint Louis (USA) , 1979.
* Williams, Jr., J. Wayman   James B. Eads and His St. Louis Bridge, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", October 1977, n. 10 v. 47 .

 
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