It is located on the lower deck of the Eads Bridge before crossing the Mississippi River into Illinois.

The station sits at the east portal of the historic Downtown Tunnel, constructed in 1874 to carry trains between the Eads Bridge and the Mill Creek Valley rail yards.

Rehabilitation began in 1991 in preparation for the opening of MetroLink in 1993, which now uses the tunnel to connect communities in Illinois and Missouri via downtown St.

In 2013, Metro's Arts in Transit program commissioned the work Build by Beliz Brother for this station.

The aluminum panels are meant to represent the drawings James Eads used to construct his namesake bridge.