And finally, raw materials had to be stored on the St. Louis County side due to the lack of available space in St. Charles.

This forced workers to ferry materials and supplies across the river when needed on the St. Charles side.

The streetcar station at the western terminus of the bridge still stands at 2nd and Adams in St. Charles.

It was operated as toll by the St. Charles and St. Louis County Bridge Company until December 1931.

In the late 1920s, the bridge was fitted with a pair of 34.5kV transmission lines when the Union Electric Co. (now part of Ameren) extended its system into the St. Charles area.