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KCS - East Branch Railroad Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Deck plate girder bridge over East Branch Little Blue River on Kansas City Southern Railway Company
- Location
- Independence, Jackson County, Missouri
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Spans fabricated 1898 and erected 1899
- Builder
- - Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois
- Railroads
- - Chicago & Alton Railroad (C&A)
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad (GMO)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
- Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
- Design
- Deck plate girder
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 55.0 ft.
Total length: 105.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.03585, -94.33266 (decimal degrees)
39°02'09" N, 94°19'58" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/384658/4321599 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 49 N., R. 31 W., Sec. 28
- Elevation
- 761 ft. above sea level
- Inventory number
- BH 83588 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 24, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added builder based off of plaque outline in rust
- November 24, 2018: Added by Clark Vance
Related Bridges
- KCS - Little Blue River Bridge (Same project)
Comments
East Branch Railroad Bridge
The Lassig just RR west is 1900 so this one should be as old. This one seems to have suffered from corrosion more than the truss.
East Branch Railroad Bridge
Clark,
Only one year off on the date! My 1979 track profile lists a fabrication date of 1898 and an erection date of 1899. I have updated accordingly.
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Clark,
Certainly not the worst condition I’ve ever seen a structure in, but also not a good sign. A lot of structures on the KC-Roodhouse IL route were built about the same time.