Kansas River Railroad Bridge No. 2
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I have seen this bridge before, it almost appears that the west span is twice as wide as the center and east span. The west span is a pratt truss and the center and east spans are parker. Why did they use 2 different designs, and why is 1 span wider than the other 2?
I was out at this bridge today 1/27/2008 at 4:40PM, and took this picture.
It is still there, still not in use, but still looks good.
The dashboard of my van got in the photo, but you can still clearly see the bridge.
Enjoy the photo!
Correction to my last comment Nov. 28.
It was not this bridge that was Rock Island's, it was Kansas River Railroad Bridge No. 4
Sorry about that mixup.
I have read in a book that this bridge was somtimes called
The Kansas City Rock Island Railroad Bridge
in a book that came out not long ago
From old maps I've looked at, I would guess that this bridge was probably built around 1904 or 1905. It was clearly there as of 1906 but probably did not precede the Flood of 1903.
This bridge was part of the Kansas City Southern.
