The overland bridge on Ashby road at Midland boulevard is the focal point of a dispute between County Highway Engineer Fred H. Kiburz and John J. Leslie, Democratic candidate for Kiburz' office.
A new $250,000 bridge was recently completed over Gravois Creek by the city of Crestwood to provide access from Grant road to Whitecliff Park. The 90-acre park is now under development by the city with soccer, football, and baseball fields being presently used.
The Special Committee on Bridges and Viaducts is a sub-committee of the Citizen's Committee to sponsor $36 million bond issue for public works projects. Photo shows standing left to right: Albert M. Keller, Harry D.M. Bride, Chairman Roscoe C. Hobbs, Milton M. Kinsey, and Walter R. Crecelius. Seated, left to right are: Mrs. T.M. Sayman, Secretary Miss Jennie Martel, Kenneth Teasdale, and William C. D'Arey.
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.
Pictured: The Poplar Street Bridge--A view toward Illinois. The Illinois Highway Division plans to spend $9,843,000 next year on the Poplar Street Bridge approach complex in East St. Louis.
