That was then (1953).
From chapter 34:
U.S.40, as any transcontinental highway must be, is a great crosser and follower of rivers, Its pavement spans the Delaware and the Susquehanna, and skirts the Potomac without crossing. It crosses the Ohio and most of the tributariees of the Youghiogheny, Monongahela, and Wabash. It crosses the Mississippi at St. Louis; the Missouri twice. [snip] The photograph here shows U.S. 40 crossing the Municipal Bridge over the Miussissippi with St. Louis in the background. The river is here about half a mile wide at ordinaray water.
This is now. The Municipal Bridge was renamed the MacArthur Bridge. In the early 2010s, the automobile deck was removed. The bridge is now used only for rail traffic.
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When George R. Stewart drove through St. Louis in early 1950s, the city had just reached its peak population of 856,796. Its current population has since plummeted to 281,754.
Photo by Retiring Guy: 1952 Rand McNally Road Atlas (arrow added)
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