NS/BNSF Overpass

Photos 

Wabash Railroad Bridge #1940

This view shows the height extension on the south abutment, to clear excess-height train cars on the BNSF line under this bridge.

Photo taken by James Holzmeier ca. 1998

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)

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BH Photo #308307

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Abandoned pony/through girder bridge over BNSF Railway on Wabash, later N&W, later NS Railway

Location

Macon, Macon County, Missouri

Status

Derelict/abandoned

History

Built 1905

Builder

- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio

Railroads

- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)

Design

Pony/through girder

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 45.5 ft.
Total length: 48.1 ft.

Also called

N&W/BN Overpass
NS/BN Overpass
Wabash/CBQ Overpass
Wabash Railroad Bridge #1940

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.73752, -92.47709   (decimal degrees)
39°44'15" N, 92°28'38" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/544805/4398755 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Macon

Inventory number

BH 63818 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• July 12, 2018: New photo from James Holzmeier
• December 8, 2014: New photo from James Holzmeier
• November 27, 2014: New photos from James Holzmeier
• November 15, 2014: New photos from James Holzmeier
• October 25, 2014: Updated by James Holzmeier: Added categories "Wabash Railroad Co.", "Wabash Railroad", "Railroad"

Sources 

• James Holzmeier - wabashry [at] gmail [dot] com

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