KCS - Glasgow Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Four-span through truss railroad bridge over the Missouri River on the Kansas City Southern Railway
- Location
- Glasgow, Howard County, Missouri, and Saline County, Missouri
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1900
- Builder
- - Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois
- Railroads
- - Chicago & Alton Railroad (C&A)
- Chicago, Missouri & Western Railway (CM&W; CMNW)
- Gateway Western Railroad (GWWR)
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railway (GMO)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
- Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
- Design
- From west to east:
Three steel trestle spans
Four steel trestle spans replaced 1993 after flood damage
One pin-connected, 10-panel Pratt deck truss
Two pin-connected, 11-panel Parker through trusses
One pin-connected, 12-panel Parker through truss
One pin-connected, 11-panel Parker through truss
Two riveted, 8-panel double-intersection Warren deck trusses
Seven steel trestle spans - Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 339.0 ft.
Total length: 2,450.0 ft. (0.5 mi.)
- 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 21656 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 25, 2017: Updated by John Marvig: Added category "railroad"
- October 16, 2016: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
- September 17, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- September 11, 2015: New photos from Steve Conro
- February 20, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
- December 12, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added photographs
- August 1, 2012: New photos from James McCray
- April 3, 2010: New photos from James Baughn
- October 6, 2009: New photos from David B. Haun
- May 14, 2008: New photo from David B. Haun
- May 12, 2008: New photo from David B. Haun
- August 6, 2005: Posted new photos
Sources
- HABS MO-1465 - Chicago & Alton Railway Bridge
- HAER NE-2 - (p. 36)
- David B. Haun
- Mark Frazier - mfrazier404 [at] gmail [dot] com
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
- Wikipedia
- James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Luke
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Dana and Kay Klein
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
Railroad Bridge at Glasgow, Missouri over the Missouri.
Current owner is the Kansas City Southern, which took over the Gateway Western Railway. Bridge was damaged in the flood of 1993 and repaired that fall.
Prior owners of the Bridge:
Kansas City Southern
Gateway Western
Chicago, Missouri and Western (went bankrupt)
Illinois Central Gulf (1972-?)
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio (1947-1972) Merged with Illinois Central
Chicago and Alton (to 1947) That's why the C & A is imprinted in the superstructure.
When the G.M. & O took over they rehab the line from Mexico, Missouri to Kansas City with money received from the Burlington (Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy RR) who received rights to send two frieght trains a day each way + one passenger train. For a while they used the Pioneer Zephyr consist that is now at the Museum of Science and Industry as the "Ozark State Zephyr). It had a special logo on the front that Alton Burlington instead of the normal Burlington Route.
Hope this helped. If I can locate it I have a picture of the repaired span (deck plate type )that has the name Gateway Western painted on it.
Best wishes,
Ed Gray
Mid-Missouri Railfan.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/mo/howard/glasgow-rr/
Taken Sept 10, 2013