Veterans Memorial Bridge (Missouri)

This article is about the bridge over the Missouri River. For the bridge over the Mississippi River, see Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge. For another bridge over the Mississippi that once used this name, see Martin Luther King Bridge (St. Louis).

Veterans Memorial Bridge
Coordinates	38°44′13″N90°31′20″W / 38.737°N 90.5223°W / 38.737; -90.5223
Carries	10 lanes of Route 364
Crosses	Missouri River
Locale	St. Louis County and St. Charles County in Missouri
Maintained by	Missouri Department of Transportation
Characteristics
Design	Twin tied-arch bridges
Total length	988.8 m (3,244 ft)
Width	2 × 27.4 m (2 × 90 ft), 54.8 m (180 ft) total
Longest span	187.8 m (616 ft)
History
Opened	December 13, 2003
Statistics
Daily traffic	46,706 (2008) [1]
Location

The Veterans Memorial Bridge are two twin tied arch structures carrying Route 364 across the Missouri River between St. Louis County and St. Charles County, Missouri. Each bridge supports five lanes of traffic, the northern (downstream) bridge westbound, and the southern (upstream) bridge eastbound.

On the north (downstream) side of the bridge runs a bike path that connects Creve Coeur Memorial Park to the Katy Trail.

See also

• List of crossings of the Missouri River

References

1. "2008 District 6 Traffic Volume and Commercial Vehicle Count Map" (PDF). MoDOT. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 14, 2010. Retrieved July 9, 2010.