Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Rough Creek Trestle

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Overview: Large railroad viaduct on the Missouri-Illinois Railroad near Weingarten; visible from MO 32
Location: Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri
Status: Open to railroad traffic
History: Opened Nov. 29, 1902
Design: Warren deck truss
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.86809, -90.25017 (decimal degrees)
37°52'05" N, 90°15'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory number: BH 22674 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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April 4, 2007: Posted additional photos from Nathan Morton

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Nathan Morton - mortons03 [at] sbcglobal [dot] net

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Rough Creek Trestle

Posted April 17, 2006, by Scott (slsu_conductor [at] yahoo [dot] com)

well...I can tell you last summer this line was in operation...know how I know? I was the conductor on the local out of Ste Gen that first day it was open for re-routes to Bismarck...LSH08 was taking loaded lime cars to Bismarck to meet up with the 57 local