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Grand Blvd bridge
5:18 pm
Tue March 1, 2011

Gearing up for Grand closure

Credit (Rachel Lippmann/St. Louis Public Radio)
The Grand Blvd bridge will close for 15 months so crews can rebuild the 52-year-old structure. The MetroLink station will also be redone.

Improved traffic flow and safer conditions for pedestrians who use the Grand Blvd. bridge are two of the benefits of the 15-month closure that will start at 5am on Monday, March 14th.

The 52-year-old crossing is structurally deficient, and in danger of being closed permanently, says the city's chief engineer, Rich Bradley.

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Infrastructure
11:30 am
Mon November 29, 2010

Barge collides with MLK Bridge in St. Louis

Credit (Flickr creative commons user HAM guy)
The Martin Luther King Bridge in downtown St. Louis.

If you heard that a barge hit the Martin Luther King bridge, it's true, but don't worry about adjusting your commute to avoid this part of the mighty Mississippi.

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