A bridge is a bridge: A road in northwest St. Louis County has a new bridge--if only a temporary structure, right--80 days ahead of its scheduled June 1 completion date.
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.
The unprotected opening running between the center and outer traffic lanes on the McKinley bridge is seen from below, looking up from the Hall street railroad tracks where the men landed in their 80-foot drop. The outer lane, formerly reserved for streetcars, has no guard rails.
Debris from the collapse of the retaining wall of the Union Boulevard bridge. The Union Boulevard bridge, over railroad tracks between Bircher Boulevard and Brown Avenue, was closed Friday afternoon after a retaining wall forming part of the abutment on the north approach collapsed.
The midtown site for a proposed $6 million state office building is bordered by Grand Boulevard, foreground, Lindell Boulevard, right Olive Street, left and Theresa Street.
"Unearthed - A Bennington pitcher, one of several century-old objects unearthed at the Jefferson Barracks restoration project, is examined at Washington University. Giving it careful scrutiny are (left to right) Charles Van Ravenswaay, director of the Missouri Historical Society; Dr. Robert J. Miller, assistant professor of anthropology, and Robert Stewart, planning consultant of the St. Louis County Park Department."
Arrow points to site of fiery crash Thursday morning on the Interstate 70 westbound exit ramp off the Poplar Street Bridge. This photo was taken after the wreckage had been removed.
heavily in the humid morning over the Anheuser-Busch Brewery, 721 Pestalozzi St., in South St. Louis. 'If we stay too long we shall be fermented,' Liu Ju-tsai, a young Chinese journalist, said with a big grin on his face as he and 13 other visitors from the People's Republic of China headed into the Brew House monday morning. The delegation, which consists of editors, diplomats and reporters, was on its
"Tournament of Roses trophy being presented to Richard A. Meyer, vice president and general manager of Anheuser-Busch, by J. Randolph Richards, president of Tournament of Roses Association. Looking on is Mayor Raymond Tucker and Mrs. J. Randolph Richards."
"Larry Marigold, in charge of energy planning and development, and Joe Aubin, utilities engineer (wearing hard hat) stand beside stand-by steam turbine being put back into operation at brewery. 2500 KW turbine and intensified conservation measures will reduce A/B's purchases from UE (United Electric) by more than 50% - enough to supply approximately 3000 homes."
"Wives of striking beer bottlers picket offices of Anheuser-Busch brewery Tuesday to protest the company's refusal to pay a lump-sum settlement for "furlough weeks" built up under previous contracts. Faith Lippert is in the wheelchair with her 3-month-old daughter, Rebecca. They are being pushed by Adele Mesey."