Workmen applying asphaltic binder coat on westbound lane of the Poplar Street Bridge Wednesday. Lane at left still has only epoxy coating and layer of grit.
Steel is being erected for the superstructure of the first of the two new Jefferson Barracks bridges. This view is looking east across the Mississippi River from near the old bridge in South St. Louis County.
The westbound span (near the camera), the first of two new Jefferson Barracks Bridges, is approaching completion and may be opened this December, the Illinois Department of Transportation reported.
Giant piers jut from the Mississippi River where the roadway will be built for the first span of the new twin Jefferson Barracks bridges south of St. Louis.