St. Joseph Railroad Bridge
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Bridge must be photographed from a great distance using a zoom lens. Note the fourth span behind the trees on the extreme left. |
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Pennsylvania truss. |
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Photo taken by Ruth Reynolds in April 2008 |
Facts
- Overview
- Pennsylvania through truss swing bridge over Missouri River on the Union Pacific Railroad at St. Joseph
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1906, replacing an earlier swing bridge
- Design
- Pennsylvania through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.75481, -94.85950 (decimal degrees)
39°45'17" N, 94°51'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/340702/4402197 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Saint Joseph North
- Inventory number
- BH 36269 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 15, 2008: New photo from Ruth Reynolds
- September 14, 2008: Changed name
- July 9, 2008: New photos from Robert Elder
- February 14, 2008: Added by Robert Elder
Sources
- Robert Elder - bass-tbn [at] ku [dot] edu
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
- Wikipedia
- Ruth Reynolds - ruthmusic [at] yahoo [dot] com