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10950 Riverview Dr
St. Louis, MO 63137

(314) 416-9930

The Chain of Rocks Bridge spans the Mississippi River on the north edge of St. Louis, Missouri. The eastern end of the bridge is on Chouteau Island, (part of Madison, Illinois), while the western end is on the Missouri shoreline.The bridge was for a time the route used by U.S. Route 66 (US 66) to cross over the Mississippi. Its most notable feature is a 22-degree bend occurring at the middle of the crossing. Originally a motor route, the bridge now carries walking and biking trails over the river. A new Chain of Rocks Bridge carries vehicular traffic to the north. The old route to the bridge is now called Chain of Rocks Road and ends near Roman Road. Parking is available at the start of the now pedestrian route. The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.The bridge's name comes from a large shoal, or rocky rapids, called the Chain of Rocks, which made that stretch of the Mississippi extremely dangerous to navigate. Because of a low-water dam built by the Corps of Engineers in the 1960s, little of the Chain of Rocks is visible today except during extreme low water conditions. After 1940, only a single impediment prevented the maintenance of a safe and reliable 9ft navigation channel on the Mississippi River from St. Paul, Minnesota, to New Orleans. This impediment, known as the Chain of Rocks Reach, was a 17mi series of rock ledges that began just north of St. Louis and was extremely difficult and dangerous to navigate. In the late 1940s and early 1950s the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built a 8.4mi canal to bypass this treacherous reach. To ensure adequate depths in the pool below the old Lock and Dam 26, a non-movable, low water dam was constructed just downstream of the old bridge and a lock was installed at the south end of the canal. Known respectively as Dam No. 27, also called Chain of Rocks Dam, and Locks No. 27, or Chain of Rocks Lock.

Local Business Near Chain of Rocks Bridge

We Hear You Corporation
Distance: 0.6 mi Competitive Analysis
10796 Lookaway Dr
St. Louis, MO 63137

(314) 942-1586

Subway
Distance: 0.7 mi Competitive Analysis
11005 Riverview Dr
St. Louis, MO 63138

Commerce Bank ATM
Distance: 0.7 mi Competitive Analysis
11005 Riverview Dr
St. Louis, MO 63138

Missouri Tourist Information
Distance: 0.7 mi Competitive Analysis
700 Dunn Rd
St. Louis, MO 63138

(314) 869-7100

Motomart
Distance: 0.7 mi Competitive Analysis
11005 Riverview Drive
St. Louis, MO 63138

(314) 355-2445

Moto Mart
Distance: 0.7 mi Competitive Analysis
11005 Riverview Dr
St. Louis, MO 63138

(314) 355-2445

Mitchell Tax Services
Distance: 0.8 mi Competitive Analysis
10633 Lookaway Dr
St. Louis, MO 63137-4425

(314) 395-9300

Hidden Park Apartments
Distance: 0.8 mi Competitive Analysis
10613 Lookaway Dr
St. Louis, MO 63137

(314) 869-0770

Philip G Conway MD
Distance: 0.8 mi Competitive Analysis
755 DUNN Rd
St. Louis, MO 63138

(314) 364-5222

Mark Huitt
Distance: 0.9 mi Competitive Analysis
791 Dunn Rd
Spanish Lake, MO 63138

(314) 653-2203

Transitional 1 Home Healthcare
Distance: 0.9 mi Competitive Analysis
216 McAlpine Dr
St. Louis, MO 63137-4552

(314) 868-2700

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Distance: 1.0 mi Competitive Analysis
I-270
Spanish Lake, MO 63137

Caregivers company,LLC
Distance: 1.0 mi Competitive Analysis
231 Shepley Dr
St. Louis, MO 63137

(314) 437-1888

We design our care to your unique situation through a Custom Care Plan. These individualized care programs include whatever your loved one needs from any of our care categories:

Blessed Hope Bible Church
Distance: 1.0 mi Competitive Analysis
825 Dunn Rd
St. Louis, MO 63138-3408

+1 (314) 741-5757

Home Inspections of USA
Distance: 1.1 mi Competitive Analysis
11304 Dunn View Dr
Spanish Lake, MO 63138

(314) 741-3300

Grow 2 Go Christian Center
Distance: 1.1 mi Competitive Analysis
870 Pershall Rd
St. Louis, MO 63137

(314) 867-1894

Towman Towing & Recovery Inc
Distance: 1.1 mi Competitive Analysis
1000 Fry Ln
St. Louis, MO 63137

(314) 771-7000

Towman Towing has a lot of experience in towing and auto repair services. We provide our professionalism for your satisfaction.

Home Inspections of USA
Distance: 1.1 mi Competitive Analysis
11304 Dunn View Dr
St. Louis, MO 63138

(314) 741-3300

Uptown Market
Distance: 1.1 mi Competitive Analysis
100 Shepley Dr.
Glasgow Village, MO 63137

(314) 869-8614