Rating:
44536
{49}%
2 votes
UP - Red River Bridge
Photos
RR brdge
Photo taken by Cliff Darby in January 2010
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BH Photo #158692
Description
Built as a swing bridge by the Missouri Pacific railroad, this bridge was converted to a vertical-lift bridge at some time after 1971. Union Pacific now uses this bridge on the Monroe Subdivision.
Facts
- Overview
- Vertical Lift Warren truss bridge over Red River on Union Pacific (formerly Missouri Pacific) Railroad
- Location
- Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Railroads
- - Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- Lift Span - Warren Truss with verticals
South Approach Spans - Warren Truss
North Approach span - Deck Plate Girder
- Also called
- MoPac - Red River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +31.33354, -92.45440 (decimal degrees)
31°20'01" N, 92°27'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/551904/3466695 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Alexandria
- Inventory number
- BH 44536 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 19, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- December 10, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- June 3, 2010: Updated by Cliff Darby: Refined design
- March 25, 2010: New photos from Cliff Darby
- March 22, 2010: Added by Cliff Darby
Sources
- Cliff Darby - cliffsta1987 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Douglas Butler
Interesting note about this bridge: While I can find no information on the internet about it, I was living in the area at the time this bridge was converted from a swing-type structure to the lift-style it is today. The lift truss was floated in and the conversion was done quickly, to limit the disruption in rail traffic.