2-496-283 - Curt Teich Postcard Archives/Heritage Images

Eads Bridge, St Louis, Missouri, USA, 1912. Vintage postcard showing a view of the bridge with a paddlewheel boat, a barge and another vessel in the foreground. Designed by James B Eads, the bridge crosses the Mississippi between St Louis and East St Louis, Illinois. When completed in 1874, it was the longest arch bridge in the world.