UP - South Kingshighway Boulevard Overpass
Photos
UP Railroad Bridge over S. Kingshighway Blvd
Union Pacific Railroad (former Missouri Pacific Railroad) Bridge. MP passenger advertising still visible on the both sides.
Photo taken by Bob Morgan in June 2006
BH Photo #133049
Facts
- Overview
- Deck plate girder bridge over S. Kingshighway Boulevard on the Union Pacific Railroad in St. Louis City, Mo.
- Location
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Status
- Open to one track of railroad traffic
- History
- Built in 1898 by the Union Bridge Co. of New York
- Builder
- - Union Bridge Co. of Buffalo, New York & Athens, Pennsylvania
- Railroads
- - Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- Deck plate girder
- Also called
- Route of the Eagles Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.60093, -90.26998 (decimal degrees)
38°36'03" N, 90°16'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/737739/4276028 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Webster Groves
- Inventory number
- BH 39444 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 8, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Missouri Pacific Railroad"
- July 25, 2011: New photos from Mark Dellbringge
- August 2, 2010: Updated by Mark Dellbringge: Posted new photos and corrected year bridge was built
- February 13, 2009: New photos from David Backlin
- February 7, 2009: Added by Bob Morgan
Sources
- Bob Morgan - morgans212 [at] att [dot] net
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
- Mark Dellbringge
Comments
Is this a main line?
Google books has a couple of listings for the UBC around this time at 1 Broadway and 100 Broadway. Looking at the picture of the plaque it might read "No.1 Broadway".
I think that it was bulit in 1921 and the first bridge was built in 1856
It is a safe bet to say this bridge was constructed by the Union Bridge Co. of New York in 1894.
I made a personal visit to this bridge on April 11th. I was looking at the builders' plaque with binoculars and was able to discover that the bridge was built by the Union Bridge Co. of New York. It looks like it was built in either 1894 or 1934, but the year is partially obscured by so many varying shades of color and flaking paint due to the railroad logos painted on the bridge.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/mo/st-louis-city/bh39444/
This UP line through South St. Louis originates from the BNSF railroad west of Vandeventer/Tower Grove, travels west of Tower Grove Park, and continues through to meet up with the UP main line that parallels the Mississippi River at a point just north of the River Des Peres. Amtrak also uses this line, UP freight trains use it about five times daily.