BN - Sioux City High Bridge

Photos 

Photocopy From George S. Morison's The Sioux City Bridge, 1890. Photographer Unknown, Circa 1889. South Web And West Portal Of Bridge

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #323665

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Missouri River on Burlington Northern Railroad

Location

Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, and Dakota County, Nebraska

Status

Replaced by a new bridge

History

Built 1888; Replaced 1982

Builder

- George S. Morison of New Bedford, Massachusetts

Railroads

- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
- Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (CMO)
- Great Northern Railway (GN)

Design

Whipple through truss

Dimensions

Total length: 400.0 ft.

Also called

CNW - Missouri River Bridge
CMO - Missouri River Bridge
CNW - Sioux City High Bridge
CMO - Sioux City High Bridge
CBQ - Sioux City High Bridge
BN - Missouri River Bridge
CBQ - Missouri River Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.47400, -96.38555   (decimal degrees)
42°28'26" N, 96°23'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

14/714915/4705717 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Sioux City South

Inventory number

BH 67280 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• March 23, 2017: New photo from Luke
• April 27, 2015: Added by Luke

Related Bridges 

• BNSF - Sioux City Bridge (Successor)

Sources 

• Luke
• HAER IA-96 - Sioux City Bridge, Spanning the Missouri River, Sioux City, Woodbury County, IA

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