USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Work on the bridge began in 1867, and it was completed in 1874. The Eads Bridge was the first bridge across the Mississippi south of the Missouri River.

Detailed explanation-2: -It spanned the Mississippi River, connecting St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois. Carnegie’s company, the Keystone Bridge Company, supplied the structural steel that was used in the project.

Detailed explanation-3: -Louis to survive, a bridge across the Mississippi River was essential. In 1867, the St. Louis Bridge and Iron Company, made up of a group of City bankers and businessmen, hired James Buchanan Eads (1820-1887) to build one.

Detailed explanation-4: -In April 1856 the Chicago and Rock Island Rail Road built a bridge across the Mississippi River. It linked the Chicago and Rock Island Rail Road in Illinois with the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad in Iowa.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Old Vicksburg Bridge, also known as Mississippi River Bridge, is a cantilever bridge carrying one rail line across the Mississippi River between Delta, Louisiana and Vicksburg, Mississippi.