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UP - 122nd Street Overpass

Clay County, Missouri

Photos 

North abutment

Photo taken by Clark Vance in November 2013

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BH Photo #269464

Map 

Description 

Main line built 1931 and shared between Rock Island (now Union Pacific) and Milwaukee Road (now Canadian Pacific/Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern).

Facts 

Overview
Deck girder bridge over 122nd Street on Union Pacific Railroad/Canadian Pacific Railway
Location
Clay County, Missouri
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1931, Approaches Added 1948
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York (main span)
- Bethlehem Steel Co. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Approaches)
Railroads
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad (DME)
- I&M Rail Link (IMRL)
- Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (ICE)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 75.0 ft.
Total length: 190.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.31389, -94.32003   (decimal degrees)
39°18'50" N, 94°19'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/386200/4352440 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Kearney
Land survey
52N-30W-18
Inventory number
BH 58646 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,521)
Beam (15,802)
Bethlehem Steel Co. (134)
Built 1931 (936)
Built during 1930s (11,769)
Canadian Pacific Railway (564)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (1,041)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (1,115)
Clay County, Missouri (107)
Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad (345)
Deck girder (5,777)
Girder (10,298)
 I&M Rail Link (162)
Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (227)
Missouri (6,315)
Open (39,976)
Owned by railroad (12,497)
Plate girder (7,982)
Railroad (15,600)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,453)
Steel stringer (6,284)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,285)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,375)

Update Log 

  • November 14, 2019: New photos from John Marvig
  • November 11, 2019: Updated by John Marvig: added information
  • November 3, 2013: New photos from Clark Vance
  • November 2, 2013: Updated by Clark Vance: Added categories "Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway", "Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad", "Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad", "railroad"

Sources 

  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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