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Railroad bridge with highway bridge behind

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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Overview: Pennsylvania through truss bridge over the Missouri River on the BNSF Railway at Plattsmouth
Location: Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska, and Mills County, Iowa
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1902
Design: Main span: 16-panel Pennsylvania through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.00161, -95.86725 (decimal degrees)
41°00'06" N, 95°52'02" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/258851/4542895 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Pacific Junction
Inventory number: BH 44442 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

September 14, 2012: New photos from Mark Frazier
March 14, 2010: Added by James Baughn

Sources

HAER IA-67 - Plattsmouth Bridge
Mark Frazier - mfrazier [at] kc [dot] rr [dot] com

Comments

Plattsmouth Railroad Bridge

Posted July 26, 2011, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

A new railroad bridge is planned at this location but according the Army Corp, the existing historic bridge will NOT be demolished as part of the project. See attached public notice.

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BNSF Railroad Bridge

Posted July 24, 2008, by Ryan Roenfeld (iowaryan [at] hotmail [dot] com)

The railroad bridge was completed in 1880 by Chief Engineer George Morrison and the span was rebuilt in 1902. The adjacent automobile bridge was completed in 1935.