View from overlook
Old Old US 66 (Teardrop Road) features an overlook of this bridge just west of Devil's Elbow
Photo taken by James Baughn
BH Photo #106893
This bridge had the same portal bracing as a group of much older railroad Pratt trusses in southeast Kansas. It does not look like anything that I would expect on a 1940s bridge. It makes me wonder if this one was relocated.
Ain't I brilliant?
The Sign Says:
Goverment Property KEEP OFF
O.Erment is Goverment
Perhaps he used stimulus money.........
Who is O. Ernment and how did he make enough of a fortune to buy a railroad bridge?
WHAT THE ....! A railroad bridge with paint on it? Don't know that I've ever seen one of those!!
This appears to use a King design, but also appears to be a Schaub variant truss as well:
https://archive.org/details/sim_enr_1904-03-24_51_12/page/29...
I'm hoping to be able to answer where these spans came from, as I assume they date to 1905 like the other bridges with this portal design.