December news
Saturday, December 01, 2007
- Craig Meador reports that the Palmer Slough Trestle, an abandoned bridge on the Frisco Railroad in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, was unexpectedly demolished within the last couple weeks.
- David Backlin sends word that the Powell Bridge in McDonald County, Missouri, will be replaced soon. Local residents are trying to save the bridge, but options are limited. As usual, the government is able to find money to replace, but never to rehabilitate.
- The Woolsey Bridge in Arkansas has reopened to traffic with a bare minimum 3-ton weight limit.
- Controversy has erupted over what to do with the Vida Shaw Bridge, a swing bridge in Louisiana.
- Plans are underway to rehabilitate Breeden's Bridge within O'Bannon Woods State Park near Corydon, Indiana. One half is an 1883 wrought-iron Pratt through truss (reportedly the oldest Pratt in the state). The other half is a ca. 1900 Parker through truss that was relocated here in 1959.
- Richard Holderbaugh sent this link with photos of the rarely-seen Glenallen Tunnel in Bollinger County, Missouri.