KCS - Louisiana Bridge

Photos 

View from Riverview Cemetery

Photo taken by James Baughn

Request this photo

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview

Through truss swing railroad bridge over the Mississippi River on Kansas City Southern at Louisiana

Location

Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri, and Pike County, Illinois

Status

Open to train traffic

History

Built 1897-8, Some Spans Replaced 1905 and 1945

Builder

- Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois (1897 Construction)

Railroads

- Chicago & Alton Railroad (C&A)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC)
- Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)

Design

From west to east:
6-panel Pratt through truss (Built 1898)
17-panel, two-span cantilevered swing through truss (446 feet long, built 1898)
9-panel Camelback Pratt through truss (Built 1897)
8-panel Camelback Pratt through truss (Built 1897)
2- 6-panel Warren through truss with verticals (Buily 1945)
12-panel polygonal Warren through truss with verticals (Built 1945)
2- 6-panel Pratt through truss (Built 1905)

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 442.0 ft.
Total length: 2,054.0 ft. (0.4 mi.)

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.44552, -91.03305   (decimal degrees)
39°26'44" N, 91°01'59" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/669255/4368064 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Louisiana

Inventory number

BH 22325 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• July 17, 2017: New photos from K. Allen Ballard
• August 17, 2016: Updated by Luke: Added builder
• August 13, 2016: New photos from David Huffman
• June 24, 2016: New photos from John Marvig
• June 21, 2016: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
• October 4, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
• November 19, 2013: New photo from Luke Harden
• July 4, 2012: New photo from Fmiser
• August 23, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added illinois central railway to the 'Carries' field
• August 21, 2011: New photos from Ben Tate
• October 8, 2010: New Street View added by Mark Dellbringge
• November 7, 2008: New photo from Nathan Morton
• June 8, 2005: Posted new photos

Related Bridges 

• C&A - Louisiana Bridge (Predecessor)

Sources 

• Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Mark Dellbringge
• Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
• Wikipedia
• Fmiser - fmiser [at] gmail [dot] com
• Douglas Butler
• Luke
• John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
• David Huffman
• K. Allen Ballard - speedeeprint [at] gmail [dot] com

Comments