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Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge
{{Infobox bridge
|bridge_name= Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge
|image=New Mississippi R Bridge STL 20130119.jpg
|caption=Under construction, January, 2013
|official_name= Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge
|also_known_as=
|id=
(contracted; show full)]] ([[Farmington, Missouri]]), would name a portion of the highway for Gammon, the bridge worker who died.<ref>{{cite web|last=Crisp |first=Elizabeth |url=http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/elizabeth-crisp/missouri-senate-gives-first-ok-to-naming-new-mississippi-river/article_fcc0bc80-7f07-5cc3-b134-96762617932f.html |title=Missouri Senate gives first OK to naming new Mississippi River bridge for Musial  |publisher=Stltoday.com |date=2013-02-20 |accessdate=2013-06-18}}</ref>


The bridge was officially named the ''Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge'' with the signature of [[President Barack Obama]] on July 12, 2013.<ref name="law">{{cite web |url=http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/political-fix/stan-span-gets-obama-approval/article_4648d990-3f02-5597-a62b-4dc5a0673ff5.html |title='Stan Span' gets Obama approval |publisher=''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]'' |date=July 12, 2013}}</ref>⏎
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==See also==
* {{portal-inline|Bridges}}
* {{portal-inline|Missouri}}
* {{portal-inline|Illinois}}
* [[List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River]]

==References==
{{Citations broken|date=June 2013}}
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.newriverbridge.org/}}
* {{Structurae|id=s0004873|title=New Mississippi River Bridge at Saint Louis}}
*[http://oxblue.com/pro/open/modot/mrbp/ Construction Web Camera] at oxblue.com
*[http://DrPanorama.com/PanoPage.aspx?TourID=707 360 Degree Panorama] at DrPanorama.com

{{Structures in Greater St. Louis}}
{{Crossings navbox
|structure       = Crossings
|place           = [[Mississippi River]]
|bridge          = New Mississippi River Bridge (under construction)
|bridge signs    = '''Future''' [[Image:I-70.svg|20px]]
|upstream        = [[McKinley Bridge]]
|upstream signs  = [[Image:US 66 (historic).svg|20px]]
|downstream      = [[Martin Luther King Bridge (St. Louis)|Martin Luther King Bridge]]
|downstream signs = [[Image:MO-799.svg|25px]]
}}
{{Developments in St. Louis}}

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