Merchants Bridge
Merchants Bridge | |
|---|---|
The bridge in 2025 | |
| Coordinates | 38°40′29″N 90°11′10″W / 38.67472°N 90.18611°W |
| Carries | Freight and passenger traffic Union Pacific, BNSF, Amtrak |
| Crosses | Mississippi River |
| Locale | St. Louis, Missouri, and Venice, Illinois |
| Official name | Merchants Memorial Mississippi Rail Bridge |
| Owner | Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Steel truss bridge |
| Total length | 2,490 feet (760 m) |
| Longest span | 520 feet (160 m) |
| Clearance above | 83 feet (25 m) |
| Capacity | 70 trains per day |
| Rail characteristics | |
| No. of tracks | 2 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1889 |
| Rebuilt | 2022 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 32.3 trains per day (as of 2014) |
| Location | |
The Merchants Bridge, officially the Merchants Memorial Mississippi Rail Bridge, is a rail bridge crossing the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Missouri, and Venice, Illinois. The bridge is owned by the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis. It opened in May 1889 and crosses the river 3 miles (5 km) north of the Eads Bridge.