But he located his target. A large hunk of lead tied on the cable and came back to the surface. Eads went on to become one of the nation's greatest civil engineers. He built the very first bridge spanning the Mississippi river and south of its confluence with the Missouri. an impressive feat for a man who'd never built a bridge before. The people who told him, you can't build the most difficult bridge because you've never built a bridge before. (12:51–12:58)
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Asserts that Eads built the first bridge spanning the Mississippi River south of its confluence with the Missouri.
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