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Blogs
March 13, 2013
"Stan Span" Plan Nearly Law: Musial Bridge Tribute Gets Unanimous Support in U.S. Senate
U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill, a Democrat, and Roy Blunt, a Republican, don't usually agree on much of anything -- but they can come together for Stan the Man. And thus the rare press release yesterday quoting both Missouri senators, who are championing the unanimous passage this week in the U.S. ... More >>
Blogs
March 5, 2013
Stan Musial Bridge, Andy Gammon Highway: Compromise in Mississippi River Project?
Elected officials in Missouri don't always get along and sometimes aren't great at compromise -- but when it comes to the late, great Stan Musial, everyone can agree, right? As we've reported, the debate about what to name the Mississippi River bridge heated up in the aftermath of the passing of the ... More >>
Blogs
February 26, 2013
Stan Musial Bridge? St. Clair County Wants To Call Mississippi River Project "Veterans Bridge"
The debate about what to name the Mississippi River bridge is back in full swing this week with yet another suggestion -- and one that some Illinois officials say everyone can support. The idea? The "Veterans Bridge." The proposed name, voted unanimously in St. Clair County, Illinois last night, ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2013
Andy Gammon Bridge: Family of Killed Worker Propose Alternative To Stan Musial Name
As we've reported, the most popular thing for Missouri elected officials to do this week is to propose bills and send out press releases in support of naming the Mississippi River bridge the "Stan Musial Memorial Bridge" in honor of the late, great Cardinal. A lot of regular folks support the idea, ... More >>
Blogs
January 24, 2013
Stan Musial Bridge: Governor Jay Nixon Pressures Pat Quinn With Press Release
The death of Stan Musial is one of those rare occasions that prompts elected officials from across the state to send out press releases with virtually the same message -- one of praise and gratitude for the late Cardinal and Missouri icon. The latest incarnation of press-releases-honoring-Musial is ... More >>
Blogs
January 23, 2013
Stan Musial Bridge: Momentum Builds to Name Missouri-Illinois Connection After Late Cardinal
This is an easy one. Lawmakers are now proposing that the Mississippi River bridge be named after the late, great Stan Musial, because, well, duh. "It's obvious," says Senator John Lamping, a Republican who introduced the Stan Musial Memorial Bridge bill, full version on view below. "He strikes ... More >>
Blogs
June 5, 2012
New Mississippi River Bridge Could Threaten Excavation of Newly-Discovered Cahokia Suburb
Even 900 years ago, big cities had suburbs. The biggest city in North America then was Cahokia, and its suburbs stretched westward across the Mississippi River and north across most of what is now East St. Louis. We know that the Cahokians had a nasty habit of using their suburban neighbors as human ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2012
Andy Gammon's Body Found: Bridge Worker Fell Wednesday
The body of carpenter Andy Gammon, 35, was found in the Mississippi River late yesterday by a diver. Gammon was still tethered to the aerial man lift that he was working on at the time of his fall. The St. Clair County Coroner's office will perform an autopsy.Gammon is the first fatality associat ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2012
Andy Gammon Identified as Fallen Bridge Worker; Still Missing in the River
Authorities identified the worker who fell from the new Mississippi River Bridge as Andy Gammon, 35, a carpenter from Park Hills. Gammon was on an aerial man lift that was on a barge upriver from the bridge construction site when he went into the water around 10:30 a.m. yesterday morning. Rescuer ... More >>
Blogs
March 28, 2012
Crane Collapse Reported at New River Bridge, Worker Missing
Search crews from the St. Louis Fire Department and the Coast Guard are working the river looking for a crane operator who reportedly fell in from the New Mississippi River Bridge construction site. Various outlets are reporting that the man's life jacket has been found, but not the man himself. ... More >>
Blogs
September 16, 2011
Protest Over Minority Hirings for Mississippi River Bridge On Hold This Morning
Black workers feel they should get half the labor jobs for new, $700-million bridge.Unemployed black construction workers who planned to shut down progress on the Mississippi River Bridge today have put their protest on temporary hold. East St. Louis Mayor Alvin Parks and representatives of the M ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2011
Mississippi River Bridge Project Employment Disparity Stings for African American Community Hit Hard By Recession
"I myself don't choose to be a third generation welfare mother. I want to work in the field that I'm trained in," says Dent.Tiama Dent is a single mother of two children and a graduate of the Illinois Department of Transportation's Highway Construction Preparatory Training program. The eight-w ... More >>
Blogs
September 6, 2011
Protestors Say They'll Stop Construction of Mississippi River Bridge
Mississippi River Bridge stirs controversy.Work on the new $700 million Mississippi River Bridge north of downtown St. Louis could come to a halt next week. East St. Louis Mayor Alvin Parks and the Metro-East Black Contractors Organization announced their plans for a protest on Friday, September ... More >>
Blogs
May 5, 2011
"Cards-Cubs Bridge" Could Be Name of New Mississippi River Span
Cards-Cubs Bridge?Although we're still in favor of selling the naming rights to the new Mississippi River Bridge going up north of downtown St. Louis, state senator John Lamping (R - Ladue) might have the second-best suggestion. This week Lamping offered an amendment to a current bill that would ... More >>
Blogs
August 24, 2010
John Nations: Lawyer and Chesterfield Mayor to Head Metro Transit Agency
John NationsFresh off his April victory as the leader of the Proposition A campaign to renew funding for Metro, John Nations now has a new job overseeing St. Louis' transit agency. Nations -- the current mayor of Chesterfield and an attorney with the Clayton firm Armstrong Teasdale -- will report ... More >>
Blogs
April 21, 2010
Former St. Louis Mayor Sues Metro; Is Quite Okay About It
mhmvoices.orgFreeman Bosley Jr.Just hung up the phone with Freeman Bosley Jr., St. Louis' 43rd mayor (1993-1997).As you may have read, Bosley, now an attorney in private practice, filed suit yesterday against Bi-State (a.k.a. Metro) claiming that the transit agency failed to meet its minority par ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2010
Tuesday Tussle: Part 2, Keegan Is Wrong, We Need a New Memorial Drive
citytoriver.orgLook at this "gaping wound" of a highwayKeegan, there's a reason why smoothing access between Downtown and the Arch appeals to a bunch of smart people at: the Partnership for Downtown St. Louisthe Post-Dispatch Editorial Boardthe City to River organization the National Park Service ... More >>
Blogs
March 10, 2010
Prop A Leader: Transit Tax Must Pass or Region is in Deep Trouble
Chesterfield Mayor John Nations, the man leading the charge for Proposition A campaign, spelled out the dire consequences that could befall the entire metropolitan region if the transit tax fails to get a thumbs-up from St. Louis County voters next month. "If it is defeated," warned N ... More >>
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October 31, 2001
Rubber Cement
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September 26, 2001
Best Chance To Connect the Arch To Downtown
New Mississippi River bridge
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August 23, 2000
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