UP - Muddy Creek Bridge

Photos 

1905 Grantville, KS train bridge over Muddy Creek

Iron plaque stencil-cut 1905 date

Photo taken by Nick Schmiedeler in December 2016

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BH Photo #372693

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Through truss bridge over Muddy Creek on Union Pacific Railroad in Grantville

Location

Grantville, Jefferson County, Kansas

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1905

Builder

- American Bridge Co. of New York

Railroads

- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

Design

Baltimore through truss

Dimensions

Span length: 115.0 ft.
Total length: 115.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.08343, -95.55527   (decimal degrees)
39°05'00" N, 95°33'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/278979/4329143 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Grantville

Inventory number

BH 38783 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• October 27, 2018: Updated by Clark Vance: Added category "American Bridge Co."
• October 27, 2018: New photos from John Marvig
• December 13, 2016: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler
• February 11, 2016: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
• January 29, 2009: Added by Robert Elder

Sources 

• Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
• John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Nick Schmiedeler - nick [at] nickschmiedeler [dot] com

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