Chain of Rocks Bridge

The old Chain of Rocks Bridge traverses the Mississippi River on the north edge of St. Louis, Missouri. The eastern end of the extension is on Chouteau Island, some portion of Madison, Illinois, while the western end is on the Missouri shoreline. Its most remarkable element is a 22-degree twist happening at the center of the intersection. Initially an engine course, the extension was for a period the course utilized by U.S. Highway 66 to traverse the Mississippi, however, the extension presently conveys just strolling and biking trails over the stream - and the New Chain of Rocks Bridge conveys vehicular movement toward the north.

The old course to the extension is currently called Chain of Rocks Road and closures close Roman Road. Stopping is accessible toward the beginning of the now person on foot course. The extension was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. The scaffold's name originates from a substantial shore, or rough rapids, called the Chain of Rocks, which made that stretch of the Mississippi to a great degree unsafe to navigate. Because of a low-water dam worked by the Corps of Engineers in the 1960s, little of the Chain of Rocks is obvious today with the exception of amid extraordinary low water conditions. After 1940, just a solitary obstruction kept the support of a protected and dependable 9-foot route channel on the Mississippi River from St. Paul, Minnesota, to New Orleans.