During the building of James Eads' St. Louis Bridge, several of the construction workers digging out the riverbed from inside the caissons fell ill. An alarmed Eads shortened his men's working hours, ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - The new Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge at St. Louis has passed a major milestone with the final piece of the deck in place. Workers on Friday placed a 30,000-pound floor beam ...

ST. LOUIS — Six barges broke loose on the Mississippi River in St. Louis on Friday, and one struck the Eads Bridge connecting Missouri and Illinois. The U.S. Coast Guard said in a release that the ...

A closed bridge at 26th St. and Missouri Ave. in East St. Louis, Ill. on April 19, 2024. Joshua Carter Belleville News-Democrat In Reality Check stories, Belleville News-Democrat journalists dig ...