The Lewis Bridge is a four lane bridge carrying

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across the Missouri River between St. Louis County and

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. It replaced an earlier narrow, 2-lane through

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of the same name that ran adjacent to the

Bellefontaine Bridge The Bellefontaine Bridge is a four-span truss railroad bridge over the Missouri River between St. Charles County, Missouri, and St. Louis County, Missouri. It has four spans. Construction started on July 4, 1892, and the bridge opened on Decemb ...

. The original bridge was opened in 1927; it was replaced in 1979. The new bridge was rehabilitated in 2006.

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