Rating:
8 votes
Jefferson Avenue Footbridge
Facts
- Overview
- Cantilevered through truss pedestrian bridge over the Frisco/BNSF rail yard in downtown Springfield
- Location
- Springfield, Greene County, Missouri
- Status
- Closed; Rehab Planned
- Future prospects
- Rehabilitation is planned
- History
- Completed Aug. 29, 1902, by the American Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 2002
- Builders
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- J.W. Hoover (Construction engineer)
- Railroads
- - BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (SLSF; Frisco)
- Design
- Cantilevered Warren through truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 562.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 2, 2003
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.23068, -93.28920 (decimal degrees)
37°13'50" N, 93°17'21" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/474346/4120502 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Springfield
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 03000865 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 21534 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 13, 2020: New photo from Darren T Snow
- February 27, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
- January 29, 2007: Posted photos from Greg Hall
Sources
- Greg Hall - cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com
- National Register nomination - (PDF)
- Wikipedia
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Jefferson Avenue Footbridge Rehabilitation
- Darren T Snow
Comments
Jefferson Avenue Footbridge
Just to clarify the City of Springfield has set up a website regarding the rehabilitation of the footbridge.
https://www.springfieldmo.gov/3273/Footbridge-Rehabilitation
They are requesting public feedback regarding the project.
At several public meetings held within the past two months overall support was overwhelming for rehabilitation.
Alternative funding sources are currently being investigated and pursued.
Jefferson Avenue Footbridge
Wasted my time trying to visit this. Found it Closed and totally fenced off. Great river engineering hired to evaluate it. Of course they say it's costly to rehab because they have zero rehab experience. This bridge is Located in Missouri. Almost certain to be demolished.
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The bridge is sadly still closed, but it appears to be moving closer to its rehabilitation! Hope to see it open in the not so distant future!