Times Beach | |
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 Times Beach Bridge | |
  Times Beach Location in Missouri  Times Beach Times Beach (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 38°30′31″N 90°36′09″W / 38.50861°N 90.60250°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | St. Louis County |
| Founded | 1925 |
| Dis-incorporated | 1985 |
| Elevation | 436 ft (133 m) |
Times Beach is a ghost town in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, 17 miles (27 km) southwest of St. Louis and 2 miles (3 km) east of Eureka. Once home to more than two thousand people, the town was completely evacuated early in 1983 due to TCDD (a type of dioxin) contamination, formerly the largest civilian exposure to the compound in the history of the United States.
In 1985, the State of Missouri officially disincorporated the city of Times Beach. The site of Times Beach now houses a 419-acre (170 ha) state park which opened in 1999.[1] The park commemorates U.S. Route 66, as well as the history of the Times Beach area.[2] The famous U.S. Route 66 highway that stretches from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California passed though the community on its southern end. In 2001, the EPA removed Times Beach from its Superfund list.[3]
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