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Devils Elbow Railroad Bridge

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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

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East span

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West span

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View from Temporal Road

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Photo taken by Gene McCluney in October 2007

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Photo taken by Gene McCluney in October 2007

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West Approach

Photo taken by Nathan Morton in March 2007

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Photo taken by James McCray

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Photo taken by Ben Tate in August 2011

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Photo taken by Larry Dooley in May 2011

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Overview
Two-span through truss bridge over Big Piney River on the US Army Railroad near Devils Elbow
Location
Pulaski County, Missouri
Status
Open to railroad traffic
History
Built 1941 as part of a railroad spur to Fort Leonard Wood
Design
Pair of 6-panel, steel Baltimore through trusses, with wooden trestle approaches
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 150 ft.
Total length: 1,700 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.84228, -92.06717   (decimal degrees)
37°50'32" N, 92°04'02" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/582076/4188725 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 36 N., R. 10 W., Sec. 18
USGS topographic map
Devils Elbow
Inventory number
BH 22369 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log 

  • February 17, 2012: New photo from Larry Dooley
  • August 19, 2011: New photos from Ben Tate
  • May 1, 2011: New photos from James McCray
  • April 13, 2009: New photo from Nathan Morton
  • December 13, 2008: New photos from Gene McCluney
  • January 25, 2005: Posted new photos

Sources 

  • Gene McCluney - gmacfilm [at] live [dot] com
  • Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Larry Dooley

Comments 

Devils Elbow Railroad Bridge
Posted December 31, 2009, by jack (jackkav [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

Ain't I brilliant?

The Sign Says:

Goverment Property KEEP OFF

Devils Elbow Railroad Bridge
Posted December 31, 2009, by jack (jackkav [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

O.Erment is Goverment

Devils Elbow Railroad Bridge
Posted December 3, 2009, by Nancy (30-30 hobart st)

I think it is a dantris place to be.did you know it is from South America.pure to bresil

Devils Elbow Railroad Bridge
Posted August 8, 2009, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Perhaps he used stimulus money.........

Devils Elbow Railroad Bridge
Posted August 8, 2009, by J.R. Manning (thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

Who is O. Ernment and how did he make enough of a fortune to buy a railroad bridge?

Devils Elbow Railroad Bridge
Posted August 6, 2009, by Jeff Huffman (jeffhtry [at] yahoo [dot] com)

The Army may paint the bridge but they don't replace their signs. Taken July 2nd 2009 while on a float trip

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Devils Elbow Railroad Bridge
Posted July 3, 2009, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

WHAT THE ....! A railroad bridge with paint on it? Don't know that I've ever seen one of those!!

Devils Elbow Railroad Bridge
Posted July 3, 2009, by snoop (snoopdorkydork [at] rocketmail [dot] com)

Pictures from float trips on June 28 & July 2 2009

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