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PSCO - Edgebrook Bridge

St. Louis County, Missouri

Photo 

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

BH Photo #354971

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Missouri Pacific Railroad & Deer Creek on St. Louis Public Service Co.
Location
Webster Grove, St. Louis County, Missouri
Status
Removed
History
Built 1896; Converted to bus-only use 1949; Abandoned 1968; Removed 1974
Builder
- Kohen Iron Works Co. of Detroit, Michigan
Railroads
- Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP; MoPac)
- Rail-to-road
- St. Louis & Meramec River Railroad (StL&MR)
- St. Louis & Suburban Railway (StL&S)
- St. Louis Public Service Co. (PSCO)
- Streetcar
- United Railways Company of St. Louis (UCR)
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 135.0 ft.
Total length: 903.0 ft.
Also called
PSCO/MoPac Overpass
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.60619, -90.33439   (decimal degrees)
38°36'22" N, 90°20'04" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/732112/4276447 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 72490 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (6,182)
Beam (11,953)
Built 1896 (234)
Built during 1890s (2,459)
Deck truss (1,508)
Grade Separated Rail Crossing (295)
Kohen Iron Works Co. (1)
Lost (18,685)
Lost 1974 (36)
Lost during 1970s (386)
Maplewood, Missouri (7)
Missouri (5,937)
Missouri Pacific Railroad (254)
Owned by railroad (9,821)
Pin-connected (3,219)
Pratt deck truss (304)
 Pratt through truss (4,598)
Pratt truss (8,018)
Rail-to-road (280)
Railroad (13,089)
Span length 125-175 feet (3,770)
St. Louis & Meramec River Railroad (1)
St. Louis & Suburban Railway (1)
St. Louis County, Missouri (179)
St. Louis Public Service Co. (9)
Steel stringer (4,689)
Streetcar (214)
Through truss (12,897)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,538)
Truss (29,444)
United Railways Company of St. Louis (3)
Webster Grove, Missouri (2)

Update Log 

  • June 13, 2016: New photo from Luke
  • June 12, 2016: Added by Luke

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