Historical Summer 2015 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
One of the biggest developments in recent years affecting the Skinker-DeBaliviere neighbourhood is the construction of the Delmar Loop Trolley.
This has been discussed for a long time, but the construction of the infrastructure for the Trolley has at last begun.
I live near to DeBaliviere, which is a particularly interesting area because as well as the Loop Trolley, the Greenway is being extended from Delmar all the way along to the Missouri History Museum. Instead of 6 lanes of traffic, we will have the greenway, the Trolley, a planted area, and then 2 lanes of traffic plus a turn lane.
As part of this, the current bridge taking the road over the MetroLink is being replaced with a new bridge incorporating the Trolley tracks. I’m fascinated by how this all works and have been photographing the work as it is done, and sharing some of these on my blog (https:// derekknight007. wordpress.com/).
The latest excitement was the demolition of the DeBaliviere bridge over Mother’s Day weekend, and this picture shows how the MetroLink tracks can now be seen where the bridge once stood. Work is planned to be completed by the end of September, and the construction workers I talked to were confident that the timeline would be met.
In the meantime, I’ll keep photographing the progress and sharing it on my blog, and looking forward to the day when I can hear the “Clang, clang, clang” of the Trolley!
Original photograph caption
De Baliviere bridge removal over Metro Link tracks.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, Summer 2015.
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Original source: SD_Times2015_06.pdf, printed page(s) 7; PDF page(s) 7.
