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The old Chain of Rocks Bridge spans the Mississippi River on the north edge of St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The eastern end of the bridge is on Chouteau Island (part of Madison, Illinois), while the western end is on the Missouri shoreline. Its most notable feature is a 22-degree bend occurring at the middle of the crossing, which was ...
May 28, 2024 · Chain of Rocks Bridge is one of the more interesting bridges in America. It’s hard to forget a 30-degree turn midway across a mile-long bridge more than 60 feet above the mighty Mississippi. For more than three decades, the bridge was a significant landmark for travelers driving Route 66.
The Old Chain of Rocks Bridge is the northern anchor for the Mississippi Greenway: Riverfront Trail that extends south to the Arch. The focus of this new vision for the site includes security, natural features, and amenities for daily use and special events.
The Old Chain of Rocks Bridge was part of the renowned Route 66 and crosses a scenic stretch of the Mississippi River. It links two states—Illinois and Missouri. The bridge is short and narrow, only 1 mile long by 24 feet wide, but it now carries bikes and pedestrians instead of cars across the river. In Illinois, travel a short distance east ...
Once part of Route 66—the Mother Road—this bridge across the Mississippi River was reopened in 1999 as one of the world’s longest pedestrian/bicycle-only bridges.On the Missouri side, access is by way of the St. Louis Riverfront Trail, a walking/biking trail beside the Mississippi River between the Gateway Arch and the Old Chain of Rocks ...
Nov 3, 2013 · Forming the highway's crossing over America's largest river, the Mississippi, the Chain of Rocks Bridge has played a pivotal role in the highway's history. The bridge is technologically important as an outstanding example of large-scale highway bridge construction in the 1920s.
The Chain of Rocks Bridge is easily the most well-known of the five bridges that carried Route 66 across the Mississippi River at various times.
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The Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, which spans the Mississippi River between Chocteau Island on the east and St Louis, Missouri on the west was built in 1929 as part of the construction of Route 66.
This is a particularly scenic stretch of the Mississippi River, overlooking the natural chain of rocks, from which it derives its name. Please note, there is no secure automobile parking on the Missouri side of this bridge.
