Eads Bridge is a combined road and railway bridge over the Mississippi River at Saint Louis, Missouri, connecting St. Louis and East St. Louis, Illinois. The bridge is named for its designer and builder, Captain James B. Eads. When completed in 1874, Eads Bridge was the longest bridge in the world, with an overall length of 6,442 feet (1,964 m). The ribbed steel arch spans were considered daring, as was the use of steel as a primary structural material. The steel came from Andrew Carnegie on behalf of the Keystone Steel Company, the first such use of steel in a major bridge project and the beginning of Carnegie's extremely successful career in steel. The Eads Bridge was also the first bridge to be built using cantilever support methods exclusively, and one of the first to make use of caisson (engineering). The Eads Bridge caissons, still among the deepest ever sunk, were responsible for one of the first major outbreaks of "decompression sickness" (also known as "the bends"), and thirteen workers died. The Eads Bridge is still in use, and stands on the St. Louis riverfront between Laclede's Landing on the north and the grounds of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial to the south. ==See Also== *New Mississippi River Bridge ==External links== *[http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=716&ResourceType=Structure National Historic Landmark Designation - Statement of Significance] *[http://www.asce.org/history/brdg_eads.html Eads Bridge] - the History and Heritage of Civil Engineering webpage (American Society of Civil Engineers) Bridges completed in 1874 Bridges in Missouri Historic civil engineering landmarks Mississippi River
13 or 14 lives lost - ASCE says 14? -- User:Syd1435 03:27, 2004 Nov 19 (UTC) ---- The article states: ...''one of the first major outbreaks of "caisson disease", and thirteen workers died.'' The phrasing is ambiguous. Did thirteen (or fourteen) die from caisson disease specifically, or from all causes during construction? In either case, it needs to be made clear. -- User:Kbh3rd 00:07, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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Eads Bridge is a combined road and railway bridge over the Mississippi River at Saint Louis, Missouri, connecting St. Louis and East St. Louis, Illinois. The bridge is named for its designer and builder, Captain James B. Eads. When completed in 1874, Eads Bridge was the longest bridge in the world, with an overall length of 6,442 feet (1,964 m). The ribbed steel arch spans were considered daring, as was the use of steel as a primary structural material. The steel came from Andrew Carnegie on behalf of the Keystone Steel Company, the first such use of steel in a major bridge project and the beginning of Carnegie's extremely successful career in steel. The Eads Bridge was also the first bridge to be built using cantilever support methods exclusively, and one of the first to make use of caisson (engineering). The Eads Bridge caissons, still among the deepest ever sunk, were responsible for one of the first major outbreaks of "decompression sickness" (also known as "the bends"), and thirteen workers died. The Eads Bridge is still in use, and stands on the St. Louis riverfront between Laclede's Landing on the north and the grounds of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial to the south. ==See Also== *New Mississippi River Bridge ==External links== *[http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=716&ResourceType=Structure National Historic Landmark Designation - Statement of Significance] *[http://www.asce.org/history/brdg_eads.html Eads Bridge] - the History and Heritage of Civil Engineering webpage (American Society of Civil Engineers) Bridges completed in 1874 Bridges in Missouri Historic civil engineering landmarks Mississippi River
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13 or 14 lives lost - ASCE says 14? -- User:Syd1435 03:27, 2004 Nov 19 (UTC) ---- The article states: ...''one of the first major outbreaks of "caisson disease", and thirteen workers died.'' The phrasing is ambiguous. Did thirteen (or fourteen) die from caisson disease specifically, or from all causes during construction? In either case, it needs to be made clear. -- User:Kbh3rd 00:07, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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