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Irondale Railroad Bridge

Washington County, Missouri
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Side view

Photo submitted by Bettye Warner

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Facts 

Overview
Deck truss bridge over Big River on the Iron Mountain Railroad (now UPRR) north of Irondale
Location
Washington County, Missouri
Status
Open to railroad traffic
Design
Pratt deck truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.85961, -90.67900   (decimal degrees)
37°51'35" N, 90°40'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/704179/4192777 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Irondale
Inventory number
BH 22781 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Big River (Missouri) (25)
Deck truss (1,039)
Missouri (4,621)
Open (29,411)
Owned by railroad (4,905)
Pratt deck truss (181)
 Pratt truss (5,856)
Railroad (5,598)
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway (11)
Truss (24,155)
Union Pacific Railroad (995)
Washington County, Missouri (81)

Update Log 

  • June 12, 2006: Posted photos from Bettye Warner

Sources 

  • Bettye Warner - bkwofc [at] i1 [dot] net
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Irondale Railroad Bridge
Posted September 29, 2007, by B. Warner (bkwofc [at] i1 [dot] net)

This is bridge from which the baby dubbed the "Iron Mountain Baby" was tossed. For more information on this story, please see:

http://www.carrollscorner.net/IronMtnBabyStory.htm