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CB&Q - Rulo Bridge

Richardson County, Nebraska, and Holt County, Missouri

Photos 

Photocopy From George S. Morison's The Rulo Bridge, 1890. Photographer Unknown, Circa 1887. South Web And East Portal Of Bridge

Photo collected by the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #158034

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Missouri River
Location
Rulo, Richardson County, Nebraska, and Holt County, Missouri
Status
Superstructure replaced
History
Built 1887 under the direction of George S. Morison; replaced 1977 by new truss spans reusing the existing piers
Builders
- Benjamin L. Crosby of St. Louis, Missouri (Resident engineer)
- Drake & Stratton Co. of New York City, New York & Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Substructure)
- Edge Moor Bridge Works of Wilmington, Delaware (Superstructure)
- George S. Morison of New Bedford, Massachusetts (Chief engineer)
- Mark Waldo (Assistant engineer)
Railroad
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
Design
Main spans: Three Whipple through truss
Approaches: Pratt deck trusses
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 375.0 ft.
Also called
Old Rulo Railroad Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.05444, -95.42083   (decimal degrees)
40°03'16" N, 95°25'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/293512/4436607 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Rulo
Inventory number
BH 44440 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (6,448)
Benjamin L. Crosby (4)
Built 1887 (201)
Built during 1880s (1,710)
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (392)
Deck truss (1,544)
Drake & Stratton Co. (7)
Edge Moor Bridge Works (54)
George S. Morison (30)
HAER documented (1,100)
Holt County, Missouri (75)
Lost (19,926)
Lost 1977 (36)
Lost during 1970s (431)
Mark Waldo (2)
Missouri (6,043)
 Missouri River (115)
Navigable waterway (2,074)
Nebraska (1,417)
Pin-connected (3,554)
Pratt deck truss (317)
Pratt truss (8,206)
Railroad (13,849)
Richardson County, Nebraska (63)
Rulo, Nebraska (3)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,088)
State line crossing (756)
Superstructure replaced (47)
Through truss (13,231)
Truss (29,970)
Whipple truss (276)

Update Log 

  • March 28, 2018: New photo from Richard Doody
  • October 26, 2011: Photos imported by Jason Smith
  • August 23, 2011: New photos from Ben Tate
  • March 14, 2010: Added by James Baughn

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • HAER NE-4 - Rulo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Rulo, Richardson County, NE
  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Richard Doody

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