Who built it?
What it's made out of?
When it was started and ended and what it meant to America?
What it's used for and how much $?
Other interesting facts?
100
Who built the famous Eads Bridge and who was his assistant engineer?
Who is James Buchanan and assistant Louis F. G. Bouscaren.
100
What is it called that the spans rest on?
What is a pier.
100
What year did they start and complete Eads Bridge?
What is (1867-1874).
100
How much money did it cost over?
What is over $10,000,000.
100
In 1867, the St. Louis Bridge and what company was organized by a group of bankers and businessmen?
What is the Iron Company.
200
What are some other things James Buchanan has made?
What is mortar boats and gunboats.
200
There are three spans, the center one is half the size of the other two spans. How many feet long are the spans?
What is 250 feet long for the center and the other two are 500 feet long.
200
When Eads presented a design in 1867, it was judged by the engineers reviewing it as being what? Eads response to them was: "Must we admit that, because a thing has never been done, it never can be, when our knowledge and judgment assures us it is entirely practical."
What is too difficult.
200
What was Eads Bridge used for to let things cross over the Mississippi River?
What is trains.
200
After the Civil War, the railroads expanded rapidly and the St. Louisans realized it was a matter of economic survival that the City become a major link of what?
What is eastbound and westbound trains.
300
What year was James Buchanan born/died
What is (1820-1887).
300
How wide is the main passage for pedestrians?
what is 54 feet wide.
300
Eads Bridge is virtually unknown but is America's what?
What is America's greatest masterpiece.
300
In what year was the last train that rumbled over the bridge?
What is 1974.
300
When James figured out that it was a daring engineering performance, as it was the deepest underwater foundation in the world. How many feet below the mean water level was it?
What is 103 feet.
400
Where was James born at and where did he die?
What is lawrenceberg, Indiana and Nassau, Bahama Islands.
400
What is the latter exclusively used for?
What is railroad traffic.
400
It was one of the first major bridges that was made out of what two main things?
What is steel and cantilevered construction.
400
What does the bridge let cross over now days?
what is cars and pedestrians.
400
The upper deck has been closed and is being rebuilt. What is on the lower deck? The two decks are supported on steel floor beams and stringer.
What is two railroad tracks.
500
In Jame's manhood what reputation has he won?
What is devising barges for raising sunken steamers.
500
What is the piers built of that is carried down to the bedrock?
What is limestone.
500
The need for the bridge was discussed as early as 1839, when the only transportation over the river was a certain kind of boat. What kind of boat/ship was it and how many did they have?
What is three ferries.
500
In 2003 it finished a restoration that cost how many millions of dollars?
What is $25 million.
500
After James made several dives into the river he studied how fast the Mississippi's current is and he declared that the foundation should be placed on what?
What is bed rock.
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