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Wabash Railroad Bridge #499

First bridge, prior to its replacement

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Bridge #499, originally consisting of 4 through-truss spans, was built in 1885 and was replaced by a DECK PLATE GIRDER bridge type in 1913. "Span D" of old bridge #499 was later relocated to the Wabash Ottumwa Branch to span Village Creek, thus officially becoming Wabash Bridge #2216. "Span C" of this bridge was later relocated to the Wabash Moberly-Des Moines line to span Cedar Creek north of Bussey, Iowa; thus officially becoming Wabash Bridge #2864. "Span A" of this bridge was later relocated to the Wabash Moberly-Des Moines line to span English Creek north of Harvey, Iowa; thus officially becoming Wabash Bridge #2889.

Facts

Overview: Lost Through truss bridge over Grand River on Wabash Railroad
Location: Chariton County, Missouri, and Carroll County, Missouri
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1885; Replaced by a new DPG bridge in 1913; spans of this bridge were relocated onto the Moberly-Des Moines and Moulton-Ottumwa branches.
Railroad: - Wabash Railroad (WAB)
Design: Whipple through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 150.4 ft.
Total length: 595.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 26.0 ft.
Also called: Wabash Railroad Bridge #499 (old bridge)
Spans A-D, inclusive.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.42772, -93.15868 (decimal degrees)
39°25'40" N, 93°09'31" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/486342/4364255 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Brunswick West
Inventory number: BH 63823 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

December 12, 2014: Updated by James Holzmeier: Discovered date of bridge replacement and fixed same, since new details have been found about the replacement bridge, this bridge has thus been renamed.
December 2, 2014: Updated by James Holzmeier: Updated history
October 26, 2014: Updated by James Holzmeier: Updated bridge type as well as the Description of where a span of it ended up.
October 25, 2014: Updated by James Holzmeier: Fixed typo in name

Related Bridges

Wabash - English Creek Bridge (Parts reused in)
Wabash - Village Creek Bridge (Parts reused in)
Wabash - Cedar Creek Bridge (Old) (Parts reused in)
NS - Grand River Bridge (Successor)
Wabash - Watersheke Creek Bridge (Parts reused in)

Sources

James Holzmeier - wabashry [at] gmail [dot] com

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Wabash - Grand River Bridge

Posted September 23, 2015, by Eric Kinkhorst (erick [dot] bud [at] gmail [dot] com)

I had a great uncle who died working on the replacement bridge. According to my father, he fell off and bashed his head on some rocks below. So much for worker safety back in the good ole days.