Recent heavy rains have caused the Mississippi River to rise, sending driftwood, old tires and an assortment of other objects on a trip downriver. The debris shown here jammed against a barge just north of Eads Bridge.
Three barges lodged against the Eads Bridge after they broke loose from their tow in 1973, and the bridge had to be closed to railroad traffic until an evaluation of the damage was made.
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.