ST. LOUIS — The Fourth of July is not only America’s Birthday. It’s also the day the Eads Bridge officially opened 150 years ago. It was the most prominent landmark of St. Louis before the Gateway ...

ST. LOUIS — Visitors at the Gateway Arch National Park can enjoy events and special programs in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Eads Bridge. The celebration will happen from Saturday, June ...

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ST. LOUIS -- Opened nine years before the better-known Brooklyn Bridge, St. Louis' Eads Bridge for more than a century did yeoman's work -- until age caught up with the span that ranks among the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The landmark Eads Bridge is showing signs of wear. One hundred and thirty-five years will do that - even to a span hailed as an ...

Eads may have been a self-taught engineer, but he was thoroughly familiar with the currents and scouring action of the river. His bridge location, at the foot of Washington Avenue, was advantageous ...

ST. LOUIS – There is a lot of news, food, sports and other trivial pursuits that come from the Gateway to the West. There is quite a bit of trivia that the city can be attributed with. A person from ...

On Tuesday, Sperry was driving home to Illinois on the Eads Bridge when he saw a man on the outside of the rail, and another man trying to help. He didn't hesitate to pull over. "First thing I did was ...