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First Glasgow Railroad Bridge

Howard County, Missouri, and Saline County, Missouri
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HABS photo

This photo collected by the Historic American Buildings Survey shows the first bridge ca. 1880

Photo posted by James Baughn

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Missouri River on Chicago & Alton Railroad
Location
Glasgow, Howard County, Missouri, and Saline County, Missouri
Status
Superstructure replaced
History
Built 1878-79 by Gen. William Sooy Smith; superstructure replaced in 1900
Builder
- William Sooy Smith
Design
Five Whipple through trusses. Described as world's first major all-steel bridge.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.22300, -92.84972   (decimal degrees)
39°13'23" N, 92°50'59" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/512971/4341533 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Glasgow
Inventory number
BH 44724 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,817)
Built 1879 (45)
Built during 1870s (544)
Chicago & Alton Railroad (8)
Glasgow, Missouri (3)
Howard County, Missouri (54)
Lost (10,353)
Lost 1900 (2)
Lost during 1900s (29)
Missouri (4,521)
 Missouri River (95)
Owned by railroad (4,036)
Pin-connected (1,519)
Saline County, Missouri (59)
Superstructure replaced (18)
Through truss (9,202)
Truss (23,562)
Whipple truss (154)
William Sooy Smith (2)

Update Log 

  • April 3, 2010: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • HABS MO-1465 - Chicago & Alton Railway Bridge

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