Poplar Street Bridge

Poplar Street Bridge
Coordinates38°37′05″N 90°10′59″W / 38.61806°N 90.18306°W / 38.61806; -90.18306
Carries9 lanes of I-55 / I-64 / US 40
CrossesMississippi River
LocaleSt. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois
Official nameCongressman William L. Clay Sr. Bridge
Maintained byMissouri Department of Transportation
Characteristics
DesignSteel girder bridge
Total length2,164 ft (660 m)
Width104 ft (32 m)
Longest span600 feet (183 m)
Clearance below92 ft (28 m)
History
Opened1967; 57 years ago (1967)
Statistics
Daily traffic106,500 (2014)[1]
Location
Map

The Congressman William L. Clay Sr. Bridge, formerly known as the Bernard F. Dickmann Bridge and popularly as the Poplar Street Bridge or PSB, completed in 1967, is a 647-foot-long (197 m) deck girder bridge across the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois. The bridge arrives on the Missouri shore line just south of the Gateway Arch.

  1. ^ "IDOT: New bridge carrying less traffic than originally expected". Belleville News Democrat. April 14, 2014. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2014.