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St. Clair BNSF RR Overpass
Description
This aging bridge was located on a curve.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost concrete tee beam bridge on Gravois Road (Missouri State Highway 30 / 47) over the Burlington Northern - Santa Fe (BNSF) Railroad in St. Clair
- Location
- St. Clair, Franklin County, Missouri
- Status
- Replaced by UCEB
- History
- Built in 1934 (per NBI) by the Missouri State Highway Department; replaced by UCEB in 2006
- Design
- Concrete tee beam
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 55.1 ft.
Total length: 164.1 ft.
Deck width: 36.1 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.34268, -90.98773 (decimal degrees)
38°20'34" N, 90°59'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/675855/4245753 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Saint Clair
- Land survey
- T. 42 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 35
- Inventory numbers
- MoDOT K-479R (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 49079 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 10, 2011: Added by Mark Dellbringge
I didn't have my own camera when this bridge was torn down, so I have no photos to share. Something which made this bridge unique was that it had the railroad's stylized logo cast into the concrete molding of the support beams. Passengers riding on the rails could see it as they went by. "Frisco Lines". Around 2000/2001, the bridge was nearly damaged by a derailed train car, which passed completely through before completely derailing and creating quite a wreck about a half mile to the east.