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UP - Weldon River Bridge

Mercer County, Missouri

Photos 

Mill Grove UP bridge from North West side

Photo taken by Paul Hamby September 15 2018

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BH Photo #434628

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Weldon River on the Union Pacific Railroad at Mill Grove near Route D
Location
Mercer County, Missouri
Status
Open to railroad traffic
Railroads
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Riveted, 6-panel Warren through truss with verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 152.0 ft.
Total length: 378.0 ft.
Also called
RI - Weldon River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.30930, -93.59775   (decimal degrees)
40°18'33" N, 93°35'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/449207/4462258 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mill Grove
Inventory number
BH 22031 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (17,098)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (1,165)
Concrete stringer (879)
Have street view (29,822)
Mercer County, Missouri (35)
Missouri (6,570)
Open (41,197)
Owned by railroad (13,725)
Railroad (16,664)
 Riveted (2,643)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,492)
Through truss (17,765)
Timber stringer (4,385)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,602)
Truss (36,655)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,483)
Warren through truss (1,723)
Warren truss (7,088)

Update Log 

  • November 2, 2019: Updated by John Marvig: added information from UP track chart
  • September 16, 2018: New photos from Paul Hamby

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US 65 overpass at Princeton, MO
Posted December 31, 2014, by Remick Bloss (remickbl [at] gmail [dot] com)

For anyone in northern Missouri, there is a long deck girder bridge over Highway 65 at Princeton, Mo. I have not seen it in the gallery yet. This must be the old Rock Island Spine Line. I know there are more RI bridges we have not seen yet. Keep up the great work!!!

Remick Bloss