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BNSF - Cuivre River Bridge

Lincoln County, Missouri, and St. Charles County, Missouri

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Photo taken by James Baughn

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Overview
Three-span through truss bridge over Cuivre River on the BNSF Railway at Old Monroe
Location
Old Monroe, Lincoln County, Missouri, and St. Charles County, Missouri
Status
Open to railroad traffic
Future prospects
BNSF is currently working to construct a new bridge at this location.
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York (Lassig Branch)
Railroads
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
Design
From north to south:
One pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt through truss, 110 feet long
One pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss, 154 feet long
One pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt through truss, 110 feet long
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 154.0 ft.
Total length: 374.0 ft.
Also called
BNSF - Old Monroe Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.92876, -90.74533   (decimal degrees)
38°55'44" N, 90°44'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/695441/4311287 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Winfield
Land survey
Survey #1795 (T. 48 N., R. 2 E.)
Inventory number
BH 21918 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

5-panel truss (485)
7-panel truss (373)
American Bridge Co. (1,454)
BNSF Railway (1,406)
Built 1901 (533)
Built during 1900s (7,041)
Burlington Northern Railroad (433)
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (517)
Cuivre River (Missouri) (10)
Doomed (1,098)
Have street view (26,236)
Lincoln County, Missouri (250)
 Missouri (6,232)
Old Monroe, Missouri (3)
Open (39,190)
Owned by railroad (11,958)
Pin-connected (3,829)
Pratt through truss (5,257)
Pratt truss (9,096)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,164)
St. Charles County, Missouri (85)
Through truss (14,669)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,115)
Truss (32,166)

Update Log 

  • February 25, 2019: Updated by Chris Perry: Slated for Replacement
  • May 7, 2018: New photos from David Huffman
  • June 24, 2016: New photos from John Marvig
  • June 21, 2016: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • February 10, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added city.
  • October 8, 2010: New Street View added by Mark Dellbringge
  • June 6, 2005: Posted new photos

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BNSF - Cuivre River Bridge
Posted June 20, 2020, by Butch Getz (bgeep40 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

The bridge has been replaced by another. Work completed on 6-3 & 6-4-2020.

Photos can be seen here: http://stationmaster.rrpicturearchives.net/archivethumbs.asp...

Butch

BNSF - Cuivre River Bridge
Posted August 10, 2019, by Butch Getz (bgeep40 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Photo uploaded of work in progress.....

BNSF - Cuivre River Bridge
Posted August 10, 2019, by Butch Getz (bgeep40 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

According to the following website, the bridge was constructed in 1901: http://johnmarvigbridges.org/Old%20Monroe%20Rail%20Bridge.ht...

They are actively working to replace it. Photos in my camera, not downloaded yet, as of 8-10-19.

Old Monroe Railroad Bridge
Posted April 11, 2010, by scott (stiek [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Any idea how old this bridge is?