The reconstruction of Merchants Bridge will go forward without federal grants, funded by the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis. The bridge was built in 1889 and is the oldest rail structure over the Mississippi River. It needs a $172 million reconstruction of the three main spans and the east approach that carries passenger and […]
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner announced the funding at the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis’ intermodal facility in East St. Louis. Photo – Rauner’s Twitter account Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner on Tuesday announced $241 million in grants for 23 projects aimed at improving freight mobility throughout the state. Rauner made the announcement at the Terminal […]
Photo: Scott Cousins | The Telegraph Mary Lamie, executive director of St. Louis Regional Freightway, talks about the need for improvements at the Union Pacific Lenox Tower in Mitchell, during a Freight Summit luncheon held as part of FreightweekSTL, a four-day conference that ended Thursday. ST. LOUIS — Renovation of the Merchants Bridge and replacement […]
President Trump’s $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan has sparked discussion about the vital need to modernize our nation’s infrastructure and the role that individual states, communities and the private sector will have to play in funding that rebuilding. In the bi-state region, those discussions have been underway for some time, resulting in concrete actions that have […]