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C&A - Blue Branch Bridge
Photos
South side
Photo taken by Clark Vance in July 2016
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BH Photo #359246
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Posted by John Marvig
IC 1978 Track Chart Clipping View |
Description
Built by Chicago & Alton, later Illinois Central Gulf, now KCS.
The next bridge to the east was built in 1928 and has period concrete piers and abutments. This bridge has stone abutments which may date back to the original build date for the rail line, ca. 1878.
Facts
- Overview
- Deck plate girder bridge over Tributary of Blue Branch on Kansas City Southern RW (former Chicago & Alton)
- Location
- Grain Valley, Jackson County, Missouri
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1892
- Railroads
- - Chicago & Alton Railroad (C&A)
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad (GMO)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
- Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
- Design
- Deck plate girder
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 66.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.01319, -94.23028 (decimal degrees)
39°00'47" N, 94°13'49" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/393486/4318959 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Oak Grove
- Land survey
- T. 49 N., R. 30 W., Sec. 33
- Elevation
- 800 ft. above sea level
- Inventory number
- BH 72887 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 9, 2017: Document added by John Marvig
- October 8, 2017: Updated by Clark Vance: Added categories "Chicago & Alton Railroad", "Illinois Central Railroad", "railroad", "Kansas City Southern Railway"
- July 25, 2016: New photos from Clark Vance
- July 23, 2016: Added by Clark Vance
Sources
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
Clark,
I agree that it would be nice to have a section for track charts like that. While the IC ones are the nicest and provide build dates; I have quite a collection of midwest railroad charts which other users would likely find helpful.