RI - Soap Creek Trestle

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Deck plate girder over Soap Creek on Missouri Central Railroad (former RI)

Location

Gasconade County, Missouri

Status

Intact but closed to all traffic

Future prospects

Ameren has donated this bridge along with a large portion of the former Rock Island KC-StL line to the state of Missouri for future development into the Rock Island Trail.

History

Closed since 1980

Railroads

- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Missouri Central Railroad (MOC)
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway (SSW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

Design

3-60'DPG, 2-25'BEAM according to 1973 track chart.

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 230.0 ft.

Also called

RI Bridge 869 Soap Creek in Rock Island chart
RI - Br. #869

Approximate latitude, longitude

+38.38414, -91.43487   (decimal degrees)
38°23'03" N, 91°26'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/636698/4249596 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Rosebud

Land survey

42N-5W-13

Inventory numbers

RI BR 869 (Rhode Island bridge number)
BH 67112 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• November 13, 2016: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added categories "Missouri Central Railroad", "Union Pacific Railroad", "Southern Pacific Railroad", "St. Louis Southwestern Railway"
• April 19, 2015: Updated by Clark Vance: Design description details.
• April 19, 2015: Added by Luke based on a forum comment made by the_p0ssum

Sources 

• Luke
• Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com

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