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UP - Irondale Arch

Washington County, Missouri

Photos 

Oblique view

Photo taken by James Baughn

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Facts 

Overview
Stone arch bridge over Dry Creek on the Iron Mountain Railroad (now Union Pacific Railroad) in Irondale
Location
Irondale, Washington County, Missouri
Status
Open to railroad traffic
History
Built 1856
Railroads
- Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP; MoPac)
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway (StLIM&S)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Span length: 50.0 ft.
Total length: 50.0 ft.
Also called
Iron Mountain - Irondale Arch
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.83058, -90.67804   (decimal degrees)
37°49'50" N, 90°40'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/704343/4189558 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Irondale
Inventory number
BH 22780 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,254)
Arch (11,856)
Built 1856 (33)
Built during 1850s (391)
Deck arch (11,102)
Have street view (26,214)
Irondale, Missouri (3)
Missouri (6,220)
Missouri Pacific Railroad (364)
 Open (39,168)
Owned by railroad (11,933)
Railroad (15,073)
Span length 50-75 feet (9,877)
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway (35)
Stone arch (2,953)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,121)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,330)
Washington County, Missouri (123)

Update Log 

  • October 10, 2015: New photo from John Christeson
  • January 24, 2010: New photo from John Christeson
  • September 8, 2009: New photos from James Baughn
  • January 8, 2007: Posted new photos

Sources 

  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • John Christeson - john_christeson [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Irondale Arch Bridge
Posted January 3, 2016, by Ethel Bradley (emcobra_1 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Can you go up on the bridge? What are the directions to it? There is an old double arch bridge similar in Creston Kansas. ou can go up on the bridge, but it is blocked off to traffic and is definitely not in use any longer. But wonderful to look at. Amazing!!