Bridgehunter.com | NS - Paris Bridge

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Overview

Photo taken by James Baughn

BH Photo #106509

Overview: Through truss bridge over Middle Fork Salt River on the Norfolk Southern Railroad in Paris
Location: Paris, Monroe County, Missouri
Status: Open to railroad traffic
History: Originally built by the Missouri-Kansas-Texas ("Katy") Railroad in 1894, who owned the line from Hannibal westward through Moberly
Railroads: - Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (MKT)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
Design: Pin-connected, 7-panel Parker through truss
Dimensions: Total length: 175.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 36.0 ft.
Also called: Wabash Railroad Bridge #0-43.7
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.48566, -91.99834 (decimal degrees)
39°29'08" N, 91°59'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/586140/4371151 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Paris East
Land survey: T. 54 N., R. 10 W., Sec. 11
Inventory number: BH 22126 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

November 15, 2014: Updated by James Holzmeier: Added new photo
October 25, 2014: Updated by James Holzmeier: Updated bridge dimensions, build date and Wabash bridge number
November 28, 2006: Posted new photos

NS - Paris Bridge

Posted December 5, 2018, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

FWIW, The 1890 quad shows it as Mo Pacific.

Paris Railroad Bridge

Posted October 19, 2014, by James Holzmeier (wabashry [at] gmail [dot] com)

Originally this line was the Missouri-Kansas-Texas branch line to Hannibal, later purchased outright by the Wabash Railroad.

Paris Railroad Bridge

Posted April 15, 2009, by jack (jackkav [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

to whom it may intrest this was the old wabash line.