MO: Old US 66 Meramec River Bridge closed

[Revive 755]

http://www.modot.org/stlouis/news_and_information/District6News.shtml?action=displaySSI&newsId=41140

Various streetviews on/around the structure:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=38.505981,-90.593154&spn=0,359.993134&z=18&layer=c&cbll=38.505533,-90.592141&panoid=SLddf_TD-Z-TbiEyKg4DXw&cbp=12,77.52,,0,8.16

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=38.504683,-90.594211&spn=0,359.993134&z=18&layer=c&cbll=38.504761,-90.594273&panoid=TS1QhkF3vFRbq1Mg6FwSIQ&cbp=12,69.33,,0,-8.01

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=38.504675,-90.591148&spn=0,359.993134&z=18&layer=c&cbll=38.504374,-90.591395&panoid=Cl0rcx5vyWgCmS8RphNXFw&cbp=12,335.19,,0,9.71

[mightyace]

I wonder why they're closing it even to pedestrian and bicycle traffic?

Are there holes in the deck or something?

[Scott5114]

Oh hey, that's that deck truss you can see from I-44. Hmm.

In case you didn't know, Route 66 State Park is the site of the old dioxin-contaminated Times Beach townsite.

[mightyace]

In case you didn't know, Route 66 State Park is the site of the old dioxin-contaminated Times Beach townsite.

And they made it into a park?

What were they thinking? 

Remind me never to go there. 

[Jim]

In case anyone's interested, I have pictures of the bridge from a visit there a few years ago.

http://www.teresco.org/pics/stl-20070525-28/26/rte66sp.html

[Revive 755]

In case you didn't know, Route 66 State Park is the site of the old dioxin-contaminated Times Beach townsite.

And they made it into a park?

What were they thinking? 

Remind me never to go there. 

There was a massive decontamination effort before it opened as a park, included a very controversial incinerator.

[mightyace]

In case you didn't know, Route 66 State Park is the site of the old dioxin-contaminated Times Beach townsite.

And they made it into a park?

What were they thinking? 

Remind me never to go there. 

There was a massive decontamination effort before it opened as a park, included a very controversial incinerator.

Well, how could I have known that? 

Good to know though.

[Revive 755]

MoDOT is planning to demolish the old bridge:
http://www.fox2now.com/news/morningshow/ktvi-save-route66-bridge-120109,0,531310.story

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Another article about the bridge, including repair costs:
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/8C59176B262D5987862576B7007DEEBF?OpenDocument