Photos
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View from a distance This was taken from S. Neal Bottom Road, about half a mile away |
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View from boat ramp Nathan Morton took this photo from a private boat ramp below the bridge |
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View from northwest The rest of these photos were taken May 2006 by Jim Ridge |
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East portal |
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West portal |
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Deck view |
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On east approach |
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East approach upper chords |
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Looking down at deck truss |
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Eyebars |
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Pier |
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Platform |
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Deck damage |
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over the Osage River on the Rock Island Railroad
- Location
- Miller County, Missouri
- Status
- Rail line currently out of service
- Design
- Main span: Pin-connected, 14-panel Pennsylvania through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.33370, -92.30419 (decimal degrees)
38°20'01" N, 92°18'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/560812/4243069 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Saint Elizabeth
- Inventory number
- BH 22043 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Jim Ridge - rjridge [at] earthlink [dot] net
Comments
Impressive bridge. Would be nice to see it reused.
Just one of the two impressive bridges on the old Rock Island line. Turning this semi abandoned line into a rail to trail would save this bridge.
Just a friendly correction. The road you took the picture from is South Teal Bottom Road, not South Neal Bottom.
Thought I could outdue your viewpoint so I drove around the town of Henley for half an hour trying to find better access. When I couldn't, I found a local who shared a beer with me and told me about a private drive leading to a boat ramp just to the south of the bridge. I made the visit to which no one seemed to mind any trespassing, and the view was indeed better. One could walk the old rails in the winter months but not during the spring or summer.