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BNSF - Missouri River High Bridge
Description
BNSF Railroad has announced plans to replace and demolish this bridge, in a plan expected to take several years for permits and construction.Facts
- Overview
- Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Missouri River on BNSF Railway
- Location
- Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, and Morton County, North Dakota
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Future prospects
- http://www.myndnow.com/news/bismarck-news/bnsf-railway-has-p...
- History
- Built 1905, reusing the piers from an 1882 bridge
- Builder
- - Ralph Modjeski of Bochnia, Poland (Chief Engineer)
- Railroads
- - BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Northern Pacific Railroad (NP)
- Design
- Pennsylvania through truss
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 400.0 ft.
Total length: 1,525.0 ft.
- Also called
- Missouri River High Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +46.81801, -100.82682 (decimal degrees)
46°49'05" N, 100°49'37" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/360645/5186560 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Bismarck
- Inventory number
- BH 44455 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 24, 2017: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Updated replacement plans, added new media article
- May 20, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
- April 6, 2017: Updated by Luke: Doomed (Possibly)
- March 17, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- August 25, 2016: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added categories "Pin-connected", "Riveted"
- August 25, 2016: New photo from Ethan Akerly
- December 4, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
- June 27, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
- April 1, 2014: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added Ralph Modjeski as Chief Engineer and approximate span length.
- March 27, 2014: Updated by Dave King: Added approach designs
- March 12, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
- March 10, 2012: New photo from Craig Philpott
- September 28, 2010: New photo from Nathan Holth
- March 14, 2010: Added by James Baughn
Related Bridges
- NP - Missouri River Bridge (Original) (Predecessor)
- First Bismarck Railroad Bridge (Predecessor)
Sources
- John Weeks Highways, Byways, And Bridge Photography
- Nathan Holth
- Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Luke
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Change.org - Petition to save the bridge
- Ethan Akerly
- Dana and Kay Klein
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Alexander D. Mitchell IV
© Copyright 2002-18, James Baughn and contributors.
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This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/nd/burleigh/bh44455/
Some optimistic news regarding the future of this bridge:
http://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/seeds-planted-to-prese...
A petition has been created to save the bridge:
https://www.change.org/p/bnsf-railway-turn-the-bis-man-railr...