Barry Melek Electric Train Sets

Deck Girder

Top Rated Mississippi River Bridges

Mississippi River Bridges are constructed using different designs and styles. Some are steel truss while others are arch type. They serve several purposes like railroad, automobile or pedestrian lanes.

Mississippi River, cited as the natural boundary for US divisions, either on west or east sections has made its mark in US popular culture. The construction of different Mississippi River Bridges carries several routes, and interstates made traveling a wonderful experience for the citizens. Until this very moment, new bridges are conscientiously being carried and carefully planned to help ease out traffic in other states.

One of the most popular bridges crossing the Mississippi River is the Rock Island Government Bridge built in 1856. It was the first bridge across the Mississippi River to connect Rock Island, Illinois, Davenport, and Iowa. It has two sets of railroad tracks above auto lanes. This was the bridge rammed by Effie Afton and went up in flames. Abraham Lincoln defended the railroad against a lawsuit filed by steamboat interests and navigation.
Stone Arch Bridge is the first bridge upstream built in1883 for Great Northern Railway. It connects Mississippi River and Saint Anthony Falls. It is now used for pedestrian and bicycle bridge.

Eads Bridge is the most historic and one of the oldest bridges. It is a combination of road and railway bridge. It was the first to use steel thru cantilever construction. It was responsible for the caisson disease or bends outbreak because it used pneumatic caissons. The construction killed 15 workers and injured 77 people.

Poplar St. Bridge, also known as the Popular St. Bridge, was completed in 1967. It is the busiest downtown bridge with 120,000 vehicles passing over it daily. It is a steel girder bridge with 8 lanes.

MacArthur Bridge is a narrow truss bridge with a monster curve. It is one of the oldest bridges built in 1917. It is now used as a rail traffic bridge.

Martin Luther Bridge was built in 1951. It is the second newest bridge, also known as the Veteran's Bridge. It has an overall length of 4000 feet with a cantilever style. It was refurbished during the 1980's.

Santa Fe Bridge is also known as the Fort Madison Bridge. It is the largest double deck swing span bridge in the world. It was completed in 1927. It serves as an automobile traffic bridge. It is owned by BNSF railway.
Hernando de Soto Bridge is known for its unique structural letter shape. The arches shaped the letter M and it made it into Guinness Book of World Records. It carries Interstate 40 connecting Memphis, Tennessee and Arkansas. It opened in 1973.

Memphis and Arkansas Bridge is the longest Warren truss bridge in the US. It carries Interstate 55 to Memphis. It is a cantilever through truss bridge, which opened in 1949.

Frisco Bridge is the longest cantilever truss railroad bridge in North America. It was opened in 1892. It was formerly known as the Memphis Bridge. It has an overall length of 4,887 feet.

Clark Bridge is also known as the Super Bridge. It is a cable stay bridge built in 1994. It was named after William Clark. It carries Route 67 with an overall length of 4,620 feet.

Norbert Beckey Bridge is the first bridge to use light emitting diode lights. It is also known as simply Beckey Bridge. It was completed in 1972 carrying Iowa Highway 92 and Illinois Route 92. It has an overall length of 3,018 feet.

Black Hawk Bridge is also known as the Lansing Bridge. It is a cantilever trough truss bridge with an overall length of 1,653 feet. It was named after Chief Black Hawk, an appointed war chief. It is listed in Historic American Engineering Record.

Julien Dubuque Bridge Connects Dubuque, Iowa and Illinois. It is an uninterrupted steel truss arch bridge. It carries 2 lanes of US Route 20 with an overall length of about 5760 feet. It is also listed in National Register of Historic Places. Last June 2008, it got struck by 15 barges.
Savanna - Sabula Bridge is a steel truss through deck bridge carrying US Highway 52. It has an overall length of 2482 feet. It was opened in 1932.
Bridge 9340 is also known as I-35W Mississippi River Bridge. It was the bridge that collapsed in August 1, 2007 killing 13 people and leaving many others injured. It was an 8-lane steel truss arch bridge with an overall length of 1,907 feet.

About the Author

For more information on
Mississippi River Bridges
and
Mississippi River Facts
please visit our website.

Cats On Girder- $6.99 Cats On Girder- - Poster

Frp Deck-steeled Girder Bridge Systems (Hardcover) $314.98 Description not available.

Men on Girder, 1930 $6.99 Men on Girder, 1930 - Poster

Girder Poster FH Girder Poster $32 Download the Girder Poster FH Girder Poster font for Mac or Windows in OpenType, TrueType or PostScript format.

Girder Heavy $15 Download the Girder Heavy font for Mac or Windows in OpenType, TrueType or PostScript format.

New York Men on Girder $6.99 New York Men on Girder - Poster

Men on a Girder - 3D Poster $9.99 Men on a Girder - 3D Poster - 3 Dimensional Poster

Construction Worker Jumps from Girder to Girder, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania $39.99 Lynn Johnson Construction Worker Jumps from Girder to Girder, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Photographic Print

Structural Steel Worker Standing on a Girder $79.99 Grey Villet Structural Steel Worker Standing on a Girder - Premium Photographic Print

Lionel LIO12730 Girder Bridge Lionel $32.25 Girder Bridge Girders with raised Lionel lettering. Stamped metal base. Detailed molded girders. Dimensions: 10 Length.

Girder Shift Lever $71.99 Kuryakyn Girder Shift Lever Kuryakyn's Girder Shift Levers have a unique design that offers increased leverage and more comfort Styling matches the Magnum mirrors and stirrups Extended lever is 1-3/4" longer than stock Chrome finish **Note: Use of the extended length lever on FLST or FLT models requires Kuryakyn heel shift eliminator

Oval Girder Mirror with Cross Stem $34.99 Biker's Choice Oval Girder Mirror with Cross Stem Chrome-plated 3-1/2" x 2" OAL Sold individually H-D hardware included Adapters required for use on Metric Cruiser applications (sold separately)

Oval Girder Mirror with Curved Stem $37.99 Biker's Choice Oval Girder Mirror with Curved Stem Chrome-plated Available with curved, slotted or cross stems 3-1/2" x 2" OAL Sold individually H-D hardware included Adapters required for use on Metric Cruiser applications (sold separately)

A Steel Worker Rests on a Girder at the 86th Floor of the New Empire State Building $24.99 A Steel Worker Rests on a Girder at the 86th Floor of the New Empire State Building - Photographic Print

Amerimax Home Products Amerimax Home Products Gutter Guard Girder 85175 $3.63 Gutter guard girder Fits all metal 5? K style gutters Simplifies the attachment and improves the support of plastic and aluminum gutter guards Curved girder shape reinforces gutter guards and helps provide a self-cleaning action Bag contains 8 gutter guard girders and self-tapping screws, enough for a 20' roll of gutter guard Brand #: Amerimax Home Products 85175 UPC: 049821851750 Keywords: girder gutter guard

Plate-girder Railway Bridges $21.44 No Synopsis Available

Girder - Occupations Dark T-Shirt by CafePress $26 Girder worker on a dark T-shirt Occupations Dark T-Shirt Tee, TShirt, Shirt Don't waste time deciding on which shirt to put on each morning. This dark shirt t-shirt will never go out of style and hides stains better too. This high-quality t-shirt is pre-shrunk and 100% cotton, which makes it both comfortable and durable.

Atlas Model ATM894 Ho Code 100 Plate Girder Bridge D&H $22.62 HO Scale Code 100 Plate Girder Bridge with the Delaware and Hudson roadname. Add Railroad Flavor to your HO Lines. New Code 100 Plate-Girder Bridges from Atlas bring railroad-decorated bridges to HO scale. Each features typical railroad bridge graphics printed on the sides and comes with nickel-silver Code 100 rail installed so you can simply add them to your layout. Decorated Code 100 Plate-Girder Bridges. D&H (150-894). DL&W (Lackawanna) (150-895). NH (150-896). NKP (150-897). SP (150-898). UP (150-899).

Atlas Model ATM890 Ho Code 100 Plate Girder Bridge Erie $22.61 High-quality, crisp lettering, and fine detailing are all featured on this Code 100 HO gauge plate girder bridge with the Erie roadname. Bridge Billboards for your Layout Railroads once considered bridges as locations to fly the company flag, so many painted them with logos and billboard advertising. These plate-girder bridges are based on those used across the continent and each comes decorated with period railroad graphics. The layout-ready models also feature nickel-silver Code 100 rail. Code 100 Plate Girder Bridges. Scale: HO 1:87. Code: 100 -rail height. Length: 9". Width: 2-1/2".

Atlas Model ATM899 Ho Code 100 Plate Girder Bridge Up $27.99 Based on a common prototype Atlas detailed HO Code 100 Plate Girder Bridge is now decorated for wellknown railroads across the country. These bridges are made with the same highquality construction you ve come to expect from Atlas.

Atlas Model ATM893 Ho Code 100 Plate Girder Bridge Sf $27.99 Based on a common prototype Atlas detailed HO Code 100 Plate Girder Bridge is now decorated for wellknown railroads across the country. These bridges are made with the same highquality construction you ve come to expect from Atlas.

Atlas Model ATM70000008 Ho Code 100 Plate Girder Bridge NYC $22.61 Bridge Billboards for your Layout Railroads once considered bridges as locations to fly the company flag, so many painted them with logos and billboard advertising. These plate-girder bridges are based on those used across the continent and each comes decorated with period railroad graphics. The layout-ready models also feature nickel-silver Code 100 rail. Code 100 Plate Girder Bridges.

Atlas Model ATM70000003 Ho Code 100 Plate Girder Bridge PRR $22.61 Bridge Billboards for your Layout Railroads once considered bridges as locations to fly the company flag, so many painted them with logos and billboard advertising. These plate-girder bridges are based on those used across the continent and each comes decorated with period railroad graphics. The layout-ready models also feature nickel-silver Code 100 rail. Code 100 Plate Girder Bridges.

A Girder Above Fifth Avenue - 1956 $169 "New lower price!Skyscrapers and bridges are among the greatest product of - and monuments to - American labor.Photo by Ernie Sisto/The New York Time Photo Archives.Each exhibition-quality print meets the highest photographic standards and is individually created with the finest ink and fiber-based archival paper.About Our Fine Art PhotographyUnframed photos ship in 3 - 5 business days. Framing adds 2 additional production days.Expedited shipping will not shorten production time."

Man On Girder's Mooring Mast - 1931 $199 "Man working construction of the Empire State Building. Photo by Lewis Hine, Courtesy George Eastman House.Each exhibition-quality print meets the highest photographic standards and is individually created with the finest ink and fiber-based archival paper.Unframed photos ship in 3 - 5 business days. Framing adds 2 additional production days.Expedited shipping will not shorten production time."

On Deck $24.99 Chaloner Woods On Deck - Photographic Print

The Deck $8.99 Dan Dipaolo The Deck - Art Print