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Frisco Miller's Hollow Creek Trestle

Cass County, Missouri

Photos 

Photo taken by Nick Schmiedeler in May 2017

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BH Photo #389437

Map 

Description 

Ordinary design but visible from I-49 (US 71) on the rail line that runs parallel to the highway.

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned stringer bridge over Miller's Hollow Creek on Former Frisco High Line
Location
Cass County, Missouri
Status
Derelict/abandoned
Railroads
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (SLSF; Frisco)
Design
Five Bent Pile Trestle Stringer
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.75939, -94.48658   (decimal degrees)
38°45'34" N, 94°29'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/370836/4291125 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Raymore
Land survey
T. 46 N., R. 32 W., Sec. 32
Elevation
950 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 70142 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,646)
Beam (15,708)
Burlington Northern Railroad (461)
Cass County, Missouri (128)
Missouri (6,302)
Owned privately (1,721)
Railroad (15,410)
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (214)

Update Log 

  • January 1, 2019: New photo from Clark Vance
  • May 7, 2017: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler
  • November 26, 2015: Added by Clark Vance

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
  • Nick Schmiedeler - nick [at] nickschmiedeler [dot] com
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Comments 

Frisco Miller's Hollow Creek Trestle
Posted December 27, 2018, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

Early '80s topo shows this as Burlington Northern.

Miller's Hollow Creek Frisco Trestle
Posted May 7, 2017, by Nick Schmiedeler

This one, like so many others in the several-mile abandoned- RR stretch alongside "Old 71" is in rough shape, but a fun visit. Tick season is officially on (never ended?)....pulled off 3 on my leg heading north after this quick visit....