Gasconade Railroad Bridge

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Overview: Lost swing bridge over Gasconade River on the Union Pacific Railroad
Location: Gasconade County, Missouri
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Design: Swing Deck plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.66943, -91.55292 (decimal degrees)
38°40'10" N, 91°33'11" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/625889/4281086 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Gasconade
Inventory number: BH 36124 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Posted July 15, 2012, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

This is the location of the worst railroad disaster in Missouri.