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Stan Musial

1:25 pm

Tue March 12, 2013

U.S. Senate Effort To Name Bridge After Cards Great Musial Moves Forward

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Stan Musial.

By Kelsey Proud

A national-level effort to name the new Mississippi River Bridge after late St. Louis Cardinals legend Stan Musial is one step closer to law.

U.S. Senators passed the legislation unanimously on Tuesday and mirrors several state-level initiatives.

The Senate measure will now move on to the U.S. House of Representatives for consideration.

Mississippi River Bridge

2:52 pm

Tue December 11, 2012

Photos: New Mississippi River Bridge Construction In Action

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Credit Missouri Department of Transportation

Crews prepare to connect a new conduit on the new Mississippi River Bridge.

Credit Missouri Department of Transportation

Crews prepare new deck panels for post-tensioning of the bridge.

Credit Missouri Department of Transportation

Crews lower the conduit over a completed section of cable.

Credit Missouri Department of Transportation

Workers prepare a new conduit for installation.

Credit Missouri Department of Transportation

Workers move a new conduit into position.

Credit Missouri Department of Transportation

Raising a new conduit into position.

Credit Missouri Department of Transportation

Crews on the tower connect one end of the conduit.

Credit Missouri Department of Transportation

Crews raise the conduit into position.

Credit Missouri Department of Transportation

Connecting the conduit to the driving surface.

Credit Missouri Department of Transportation

Raising a new conduit into position.

Credit Missouri Department of Transportation

Preparing a cable for installation.

Credit Missouri Department of Transportation

A closer look at a worker preparing a cable for installation.

Credit Missouri Department of Transportation

Preparing to run strands of cable through the conduit.

Credit Missouri Department of Transportation

Unrolling cable as it goes up the tower.

Credit Missouri Department of Transportation

A wide shot of the work being done on the bridge.

By Kelsey Proud

The Missouri Department of Transportation has released some new photos of construction workers installing the massive cables on the new Mississippi River Bridge. The process of installing those cables is expected to take about a year to complete.

Economy

6:33 pm

Thu November 29, 2012

Rethinking St. Louis Highways

Credit Congress for New Urbanism

John Norquist, CEO Congress for New Urbanism

By Adam Allington

The creation of the new I-70 bridge over the Mississippi just north of downtown has created renewed interest in a plan to remove the part of I-70 that currently runs through downtown.

John Norquist is the President of the Congress for New Urbanism, where he champions a growing movement encouraging cities to tear down their freeways.

Norquist gave a talk at Washington University entitled “Rethinking Our Streets: The Value of Flexible Street Design”

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