Merriam, KS, is a city located in the northeastern part of Kansas. Cities Neighboring Merriam, KS. The following Cities are next to Merriam, KS: Overland Park is 9.1 miles south of Merriam, KS. Kansas City is 7.7 miles north of Merriam, KS. Shawnee is 6.1 miles west of Merriam, KS.
The Eads Bridge is a combined road and railway bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Louis, connecting St. Louis and East St. Louis, Illinois. As of April 2014, it carries about 8,100 vehicles daily, down 3,000 since the new Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge opened in February 2014.
Eads was a self-educated engineer who had been a partner in the boat building company of Case and Nelson. During the Civil War, he had been called to Washington, where he was commissioned to build several ironclad gun boats within just sixty-five days. He was successful.