Everything about Martin Luther King Bridge St Louis totally explained
The
Martin Luther King Bridge (formerly known as the
Veterans Bridge) in
St. Louis is a
cantilever truss bridge of about 4000 feet in total length across the
Mississippi River, connecting St. Louis with
East St. Louis, Illinois. The bridge serves as traffic relief connecting the
concurrent freeways of
Interstate 55,
Interstate 70,
Interstate 64, and
U.S. Highway 40 with the downtown streets of St. Louis.
History
The bridge was built in
1951 as the
Veterans' Memorial Bridge to relieve congestion on the
MacArthur Bridge to the south and was built as a toll bridge and was owned by the City of East St. Louis. At one time, it carried
U.S. Highway 40 and
U.S. Highway 66 across the river. In 1967, the bridge fell into disrepair when the (free)
Poplar Street Bridge was constructed, and traffic began to use that route, leading to declining toll revenues.
Eventually, ownership was transferred dually to the
Missouri and
Illinois Departments of Transportation and the bridge was renamed after
Martin Luther King, Jr. In
1987, the toll was removed. A bi-state project for about 24,000,000 USD to renovate the bridge at the behest of local civic and government leaders was carried out in the late 1980s. In the spring of 1989, the rebuilt bridge was reopened. In June of 1990, the lighting of the bridge was completed by the St. Louis Port Authority. It is now an important contributor to the transportation needs of the region and the ambiance of the historic St. Louis riverfront.
Gallery
Image:I-70 in downtown St. Louis.jpg|Looking north along Interstate 70, with the interchange for the west end of the bridge in the middleground
Image:MLK Memorial Bridge.jpg|Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge
Route 770
Missouri half of the bridge is designated as unsigned
Route 770 by
MoDOT.
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