BNSF - Sioux City Bridge

Photos 

From I-29 looking south

Photo taken by Nathan Morton in Aug. 09

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BH Photo #145684

Map 

Street View 

• View #1

Facts 

Overview

Through truss bridge over Missouri River on BNSF Railway in Sioux City

Location

Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, and Dakota County, Nebraska

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1982

Builders

- Atlas Machine & Iron Works of Arlington, Virginia (Fabricator)
- Bristol Steel & Iron Works of St. Louis, Missouri (Fabricator)
- Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff Corporation of Kansas City, Kansas (Design)
- Johnson Bros. Corp. of Litchfield, Minnesota (Contractor)
- Nebraska Steel Erectors, Inc. of South Sioux City, Nebraska (Erector)

Railroads

- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)

Design

Modern polygonal Warren through truss

Also called

BN - Sioux City Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.47436, -96.38616   (decimal degrees)
42°28'28" N, 96°23'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

14/714863/4705756 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Sioux City South

Inventory number

BH 43286 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• June 27, 2018: New photos from John Bernhisel
• May 3, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added builders
• March 23, 2017: New photos from Daniel Barnes
• October 7, 2014: New Street View added by Luke
• February 27, 2014: New photo from Jack Schmidt
• June 28, 2013: Photo imported by Dave King
• November 4, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Changed status to open from unknown
• August 25, 2009: Added by Nathan Morton

Related Bridges 

• BN - Sioux City High Bridge (Predecessor)

Sources 

• Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Luke
• Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
• Daniel Barnes
• John Bernhisel - Johnmbernhisel [at] gmail [dot] com

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