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Did You Know

  1. The cable stayed portion of the bridge will be just over four football fields in length.
  2. With a main span of 1,500 feet, this bridge will be the third longest cable-stayed bridge in the U.S.
  3. The two longest cable-stayed bridges in the U.S. are the John J. Audubon in Louisiana, which will be finished in 2011, and the Arthur Ravenel in South Carolina.
  4. The New Mississippi River Bridge will be 400 feet tall, just two-thirds the height of the Arch.
  5. The cable-stayed portion of the bridge will require 8 Million pounds of reinforcing steel – equivalent to the weight of 363 school buses.
  6. The Mississippi River Bridge will require 14.8 million pounds of girders – equivalent to the weight of 925 elephants.
  7. The total project will cost $640 million – equivalent to one dollar bills laid end to end circling the equator two and a half times.
  8. Concrete does not dry. It cures. Curing is the hardening process that occurs because of the chemical reaction between cement and water.

GalleryView Live Cameras

  • Missouri Interchange, May 2013Missouri interchange construction, May 2013 .
  • Flickr link (off-site) Missouri Interchange May 2013Flickr link (off-site) Missouri Interchange, May 2013
  • MRB Construction - May 2013MRB Construction - May 2013
  • Flickr link to MRB construction photosFlickr link (off-site) MRB Construction - May 2013.
  • Illinois construction March 2013Illinois construction - March 2013.
  • Aerial photos March 2014Aerial photos - March 2013.
  • Aerial construction photos - March 2013Flickr link (off-site) - aerial photos March 2013
  • Missouri landfall Febuary 2013Missouri landfall February 2013.
  • Flickr link (offsite) MRB Flickr link (off-site) Missouri landfall February 2013
  • Main span construction - February 2013Main span construction - February 2013.
  • Flickr link to MRB construction photosFlickr link (off-site) February 2013 main span construction
  • Aerial photos, January 2013Aerial photos, January 2013.
  • Flickr link (off-site) Aerial construction photos, January 2013Flickr link (off-site) Aerial photos - January 2013
  • Main Span Construction - January 2013Main Span construction - January 2013
  • Blickr link to construction photosFlickr link (off-site) to MRB construction - January 2013.
  • 2010 photosArchives

Disclaimer: Commercial use of these photos is prohibited without permission. Please contact info@newriverbridge.org to request photo usage. All photos should be credited to the Missouri and Illinois Departments of Transportation.

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