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Eads Bridge

Property names are listed in the language in which they have been submitted by the State Party.

United States of America (Europe and North America)

Date of Submission: 05/09/1990
Criteria: (iv)
Category: Cultural
Submission prepared by:
National Park Service, U.S.Dept. of the Interior, Washington D.C. 20240
Coordinates:
Illinois - St.Louis, Missouri Lat.38°40' N. ; Long. 90°10' W
Ref.: 746

Description

Eads Bridge, Illinois-St. Louis, Missouri. The first major bridge in the world in which steel was employed in the principal members. The secondary members and the tubes enveloping the steel staves forming the arch ribs are of wrought iron.