Prints and Photographs Online Catalog NEW SEARCHHELP ABOUT COLLECTION Prints and Photographs Reading Room

Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey


thumbnail
16 b&w photos
thumbnail
32 data pages
thumbnail
1 photo caption pages


How to obtain copies of this item

TITLE:
McCutcheon Street Bridge, Spanning Interstate 64, Saint Louis, St. Louis City County, MO

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MO-115

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 16   (4 x 5)
Data Page(s): 31 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Missouri State highway Department
Israel Brothers Construction Company
Sverdrup and Parcel, designer
Duda, Tom, transmitter
Gubbels, Thomas J., Historian
Schmitz, Shaun, Photographer

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MO-115

Significance: It is a rare Missouri example of a concrete rigid-frame bridge. The bridge was built in response to increased traffic and westward expansion of the St. Louis metropolitan area. Although the bridge was designed in the early 1940s, its construction was delayed due to the U.S. entry into WWII. Only seven concrete rigid-frame bridges were built by the Missouri State Highway Department and all were built in urban settings...

SUBJECTS:
MISSOURI--St. Louis City County--Saint Louis
overpasses
vehicular bridges

OTHER TITLE:
Bridge No. K0861R

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.mo1883

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
West profile, view to the north
North span, view to the northeast
South span, view to the west
South abutment, view to the east
West profile, view to the northeast
Frame substructure, view to the northeast
Frame substructure, view to the north
Deck roadway, view to the south
East balustrade, view to the east
Detail of east balustrade, view to the east
Detail of east balustrade, view to the southeast
East profile, view to the west
East profile, view to the west
South span, view to the southwest
North span, view to the west
North abutment, view to the west

CONTROL #:
MO1883

Prints and Photographs Online Catalog NEW SEARCHHELP ABOUT COLLECTION Prints and Photographs Reading Room