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DODX - Temporal Road Trestle

Pulaski County, Missouri

Photos 

Overview from south

Photo taken by James Baughn

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BH Photo #106917

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Massive wooden trestle on the US Army Railroad over Temporal Road and a branch of Big Piney River
Location
Fort Leonard Wood, Pulaski County, Missouri
Status
Open to railroad traffic
History
Built 1941 as part of a railroad spur to Fort Leonard Wood
Railroad
- US Army Transportation Corps (DODX; USAX; USNX; DAFX)
Design
Timber stringer
Dimensions
Total length: 345.0 ft.
Also called
USAX - Temporal Road Trestle
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.82948, -92.05107   (decimal degrees)
37°49'46" N, 92°03'04" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/583506/4187320 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Devils Elbow
Land survey
T. 36 N., R. 10 W., Sec. 20
Inventory number
BH 22374 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (12,805)
Built 1941 (418)
Built during 1940s (3,667)
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri (6)
Missouri (6,024)
Open (37,477)
Owned by federal government (1,028)
Owned by military (62)
 Pulaski County, Missouri (22)
Railroad (13,542)
Tall Bridges (316)
Tall Wooden Trestle (30)
Timber Trestle (57)
Timber stringer (3,497)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,740)
US Army Transportation Corps (6)

Update Log 

  • May 17, 2016: New photos from Steve Conro
  • December 12, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Addded Fort Leonard Wood as the "city" and changed ownership from "railroad company" to "US Military"
  • September 29, 2010: Updated by David Backlin: Added stream name
  • April 13, 2009: New photo from Nathan Morton
  • January 25, 2005: Posted new photos

Sources 

  • Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
  • Luke
  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com

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