Louisiana Railroad Bridge
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Louisiana Railroad Bridge Photo taken by Nathan Morton in May 2007 |
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss swing railroad bridge over the Mississippi River at Louisiana
- Status
- Open to train traffic
- History
- Built 1872-73
- 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
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Total length: 2,053.0 ft.
- 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)
Update Log
- June 12, 2009: Updated by Harvey Henkelmann
- November 7, 2008: New photo from Nathan Morton
- June 8, 2005: Posted new photos
Sources
- Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Harvey Henkelmann - harveyhenkelmann [at] earthlink [dot] net