Quincy Railroad Bridge
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East Approach Photo taken by Nathan Morton in Aug 07 |
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Frozen river beneath rail bridge Photo taken by Nathan Morton in January 08 |
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on BNSF Railway (formerly Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad) at Quincy
- Status
- Open to railroad traffic
- History
- Originally opened Nov. 9, 1868; later rebuilt
- Design
- From west to east:
Seven 10-panel Warren deck trusses
One 12-panel polygonal Warren through truss - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.94214, -91.43024 (decimal degrees)
39°56'32" N, 91°25'49" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/634109/4422514 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Quincy West
- Inventory number
- BH 14997 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 8, 2009: Updated by Harvey Henkelmann
- April 17, 2009: Updated by Harvey Henkelmann
- April 17, 2009: New photo from Nathan Morton
- November 13, 2008: New photo from Nathan Morton
- April 3, 2006: Posted new photos
Sources
- Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Harvey Henkelmann - harveyhenkelmann [at] earthlink [dot] net