Poplar Street Bridge | Living St. Louis

Living St. Louis producer Jim Kirchherr goes where few have gone before-for a railcar ride hanging below the Poplar Street Bridge. Special battery-powered cars on the bottom of the bridge were originally designed for safety inspection purposes. They are now used by the U.S. Geological Survey to take measurements of the river's depth.

[@shaunspeers2656]

Does anybody know where you can find the documentary that is spoken of? (about a minute in)

[@menguardingtheirownwallets6791]

If a bridge is making that much screeching NOISE from the traffic, then there is definitely a lot of metal-to-metal wearing going on, and that metal part won't last more than 5 years before it has to be replaced.

[@patmancrowley8509]

This bridge was actually named the Bernard F. Dickmann bridge. Mr. Dickmann was a Mayor of St. Louis and the Post Master General. The bridge actually goes over the Poplar Street and is now named the Congressman William L. Clay Bridge. Why does everybody refer to as the "Poplar Street Bridge?" There is no actual connection between Poplar Street and the bridge.

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I also wonder why nobody wanted to go around saying "Dickmann Bridge".