The St. Louis Regional Freightway recently announced the completion of the $222 million project to replace the Merchants Bridge over the Mississippi River.
The railroad bridge provides a critical railway link not only between Illinois and Missouri but the nation overall as one of the primary east-west rail corridors serving one of America’s largest rail hubs by car interchange volume and gross tonnage.
The project has been decades in the making and will provide major benefits for years to come including generating over $456 million of economic impact over the next 20 years alone.
Terry Bordeleau, Vice President