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Title: Federal Information Center
Date: 1981-11-23, 1981-11-23
Description: Federal Information Center (FIC) office is dark at 2:00 p.m. when this picture was taken. As the sign says, the FIC is closed due to the General Services Administration (which the FIC is part of) having not received funds to continue operations. (This image filed under Merchants Bridge.)

Title: Eads Bridge
Date: 1981-08-14, 1981-08-14
Description: Rounded Roman arches are an integral part of the design of the Eads Bridge.

Title: Poplar Street Bridge
Date: 1981-08-14, 1981-08-14
Description: Poplar Street Bridge is the baby of the bridges crossing the Mississippi River locally.

Title: The Poplar Street Bridge
Date: 1981-08-14, 1981-08-14
Description: The underside of the Poplar Street Bridge.

Title: Railroad Deck of MacArthur Bridge
Date: 1981-08-14, 1981-08-14
Description: The railroad deck of the MacArthur Bridge.

Title: MacArthur Bridge Girder
Date: 1981-08-14, 1981-08-14
Description: Mighty girders keep the now-closed MacArthur Bridge aloft.

Title: MacArthur Bridge-Final Crossing
Date: 1981-08-05, 1981-08-05
Description: With the Mike Flynn family of Concord Village in front and Rich Eichhorst of the Alpha Zeta Society in back, they make the final crossing at 4 p.m. before the closing of the MacArthur Bridge by the city.

Title: Torching Of A Vacant Residential Building Ahead Of Its Scheduled Renovation
Date: 1981-07-02, 1981-07-02
Description: The building at 1213 N. Market St. that was damaged by fire during the weekend. It have been scheduled for renovation. (This image filed under Merchants Bridge.)

Title: Street Repair South of Eads Bridge
Date: 1981-06-19, 1981-06-19
Description: South of the Eads Bridge (street repair) cutting out sections of the tracks to be removed to make way for the street to become smooth.

Title: Jefferson Barracks Bridge Work
Date: 1981-06-12, 1981-06-12
Description: Work continues at the bridge over the Mississippi River. The present Jefferson Barracks is in the right of the photo.

Title: Jefferson Barracks Bridge - Flatbed Trailer
Date: 1981-05-23, 1981-05-23
Description: A flatbed trailer stacked with construction material waits for the Mississippi River to recede further Friday. This photograph was taken from the Illinois side of the river.

Title: Mighty Mosaic
Date: 1981-05-12, 1981-05-12
Description: Reflections on windows of a downtown St. Louis office building -- some recognizeable, some oddly warped -- form a strange mosaic behind the fluttering boldness of Old Glory. (This image filed under Merchants Bridge.)

Title: The "Suicide Curve" On The Illinois Side Of The MacArthur Bridge
Date: 1981-05-04, 1981-05-04
Description: Six people have been killed and at least five others injured in several plunges from the MacArthur bridge since 1979, according to records. The St. Louis Street Department is conducting a study to determine what it can do to prevent motorists from driving off the dangerous "suicide curves" on the MacArthur Bridge.

Title: Building Bridges
Date: 1981-04-20, 1981-04-20
Description: A million dollars worth of bridge improvements will be completed this year for the St.Louis County Highway Department in the Heman Park area of University City. Above, workers are preparing the northern section of roadbed on the Midland Boulevard Bridge south of Olive Street.

Title: No Simple Knockdown
Date: 1981-04-08, 1981-04-08
Description: Demolition of this building at Tucker Boulevard and Lafayette Street is no helter-skelter affair. Neatness prevails throughout with masonry dismantled and bricks stacked. (This image filed under Merchants Bridge.)

Title: Jefferson Barracks Bridge: Bridge-work
Date: 1981-03-18, 1981-03-18
Description: Concrete supports stretch westward toward the Mississippi River as construction continues on the new Jefferson Barracks bridge being built north of Columbia. The bridge will replace the current structure and connect with the Interstate 270 bypass, which will extend to Interstate 55-70 at Collinsville.

Title: Bronson Hide Corp.
Date: 1981-02-23, 1981-02-23
Description: A look behind the Bronson Hide Corp. on North First Street reveals wheelbarrows used by the company. (This image filed under Merchants Bridge.)

Title: Eads Bridge-Peeking Through
Date: 1981-02-19, 1981-02-19
Description: The early morning sun tries to burn its way through the fog that hovered over the Eads Bridge Wednesday.

Title: Jefferson Barracks Bridge Builders
Date: 1981-02-02, 1981-02-02
Description: Construction workers unload lumber for a catwalk around the substructure of a span of the new Jefferson Barracks bridge being built over the Mississippi River near Columbia.

Title: Caged Worker Continues Work On The Jefferson Barracks Bridge
Date: 1981-01-26, 1981-01-26
Description: Swinging in a cage from a barge-mounted crane, workman delivers rebars to steelworkers building reinforcement for one of the major piers inside a cofferdam sunk in the river to bedrock. Bargeload of preformed rebars and work-boat can also be seen in the photo.

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