Eads Bridge MO
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Description: Eads Bridge, an engineering marvel completed in 1874, spans the Mississippi River, connecting St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois. Designed by James B. Eads, it was the first bridge to use steel as its primary construction material and the first to employ a cantilever support method extensively. The bridge's innovative design and construction techniques, including the use of pneumatic caissons for its deep-water foundations, set new standards in civil engineering. Eads Bridge not only facilitated commerce and transportation in the burgeoning industrial era but also remains a symbol of architectural ingenuity and resilience, still in use today for both vehicular and pedestrian traffic.