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St.Louis San Francisco RR Bridge

Polk County, Missouri
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Photo taken by Mark Frazier in October 2012

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Description 

1884 - The Frisco Highline is completed by the Springfield and Northern Railroad. 1954 - Last passenger train passed. 1991 - Line 'rail-banked' by Burlington Northern Railroad. 1993 - Ozark Greenways acquires banked line. 2000 - Bolivar paved and opened the trail using this bridge.

Facts 

Overview
Steel stringer bridge over MO 32 in Bolivar, MO. Formerly St.Louis San Francisco (Frisco) RR
Location
Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1941
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 37.1 ft.
Total length: 44.9 ft.
Also called
Frisco Highline
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.61158, -93.41951   (decimal degrees)
37°36'42" N, 93°25'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/462974/4162803 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 33 N., R. 23 W., Sec. 11
USGS topographic map
Bolivar
Inventory numbers
MoDOT K-922 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 42866 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (6,057)
Bolivar, Missouri (1)
Built 1941 (302)
Built during 1940s (2,799)
MO 32 (10)
Missouri (4,528)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
Polk County, Missouri (26)
 Preserved (652)
Rail-to-trail (496)
Railroad (4,084)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,058)
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad (61)
Steel stringer (2,331)
Total length 25-50 feet (7,629)

Update Log 

  • October 12, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Rail-to-trail", "MO 32", "St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad"
  • October 11, 2012: Updated by Mark Frazier: Corrected coordinates, updated history
  • June 23, 2009: Added by David Backlin

Sources 

  • David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
  • Mark Frazier - mfrazier [at] kc [dot] rr [dot] com

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