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KCS Louisiana Bridge

Pike County, Missouri, and Pike County, Illinois
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View from Riverview Cemetery

Photo taken by James Baughn

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Overview
Through truss swing railroad bridge over the Mississippi River at Louisiana
Location
Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri, and Pike County, Illinois
Status
Open to train traffic
History
Built 1898, using the same piers as an earlier 1873 bridge; some spans replaced in 1945
Design
From west to east:
6-panel Pratt through truss
17-panel, two-span cantilevered swing through truss (446 feet long)
9-panel Camelback Pratt through truss
8-panel Camelback Pratt through truss
6-panel Warren through truss with verticals
6-panel Warren through truss with verticals
12-panel polygonal Warren through truss with verticals
6-panel Pratt through truss
6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 2,053.0 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)
USGS topographic map
Louisiana
Inventory number
BH 22325 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,999)
Built 1898 (164)
Built during 1890s (1,609)
Have street view (12,874)
Illinois (2,567)
Illinois Central Railroad (249)
Kansas City Southern Railway (128)
Louisiana, Missouri (8)
Mississippi River (161)
Missouri (4,621)
Movable (1,460)
Navigable waterway (1,549)
Open (29,409)
Owned by railroad (4,905)
Parker through truss (970)
 Parker truss (1,289)
Pike County, Illinois (39)
Pike County, Missouri (41)
Pin-connected (1,684)
Polygonal Warren through truss (305)
Polygonal Warren truss (740)
Pratt through truss (3,292)
Pratt truss (5,856)
Railroad (5,598)
State line crossing (548)
Swing (572)
Through truss (9,587)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,274)
Truss (24,155)
Warren truss (4,171)

Update Log 

  • 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

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 Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Louisiana Railroad Bridge
Posted August 19, 2013, by Douglas Butler

Louisiana Rail bridge drawing.

Webmaster's note: The photo that was here has been incorporated into the main site.

Louisiana Railroad Bridge
Posted November 26, 2009, by Gary Sprandel (jaidite [at] aol [dot] com)

Jack

Currently owned by the Kansas City Southern (at least according to the no trespassing sign in the hi res version of photo 9) but previous owners, Gateway Western, ICG and GM&O.

Louisiana Railroad Bridge
Posted April 14, 2009, by jack (jackkav [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

what rr is this on?