First Glasgow Railroad Bridge

Photos

HABS photo

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

Photo posted by James Baughn

BH Photo #105483

According to the sign posted at the current location this original bridge was the first all steel bridge in the world. Built at a cost of $500,000.

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 Sooysmith & Son of Chicago, Illinois
Railroad: - Chicago & Alton Railroad (C&A)
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)
Quadrangle map:: Glasgow
Inventory number: BH 44724 (Bridgehunter.com ID)