BNSF - Platte River Bridge

Photos 

Platte River Railroad Bridge

The bridge, with the Platte River MO 45 Bridge along side of it

BH Photo #113849

Map 

Street View 

• Default view

Facts 

Overview

Baltimore through truss bridge over Platte River on BNSF Railroad

Location

Platte County, Missouri

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1920; Truss added 1951

Builder

- American Bridge Co. of New York

Railroads

- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)

Design

Baltimore through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 200.0 ft.
Total length: 490.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.27357, -94.82715   (decimal degrees)
39°16'25" N, 94°49'38" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/342389/4348726 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Platte City

Inventory number

BH 36500 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• September 11, 2016: New photos from John Marvig
• September 5, 2016: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
• February 5, 2016: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
• December 22, 2012: New photos from Clark Vance
• December 21, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added approaches.
• August 31, 2011: New photos from Jason Smith
• April 15, 2009: Updated by Gene McCluney: added railroad
• April 29, 2008: Added by Max Johnson

Sources 

• Gene McCluney - gmacfilm [at] live [dot] com
• Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
• Luke
• Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
• John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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