This massive Pennsylvania through truss bridge was once a critical crossing of the Mississippi River

St. Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri to Venice, Madison County, Illinois

Owner: Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1890, 1903 and 1910

by

Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania; Massillon Bridge Company of Massillon, Ohio and Unknown

for

Railroad/Original Owner: St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway

Design: 3-520' Pennsylvania through trusses and deck plate girder

Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Mississippi River

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This Baltimore through truss bridge crosses Brush Creek west of Parkville

, Platte County, Missouri

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1905

by

King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio

for

Railroad/Original Owner: BNSF Railway

Design: 105' Baltimore through truss and concrete modular girder

Baltimore through truss bridge over Brush Creek

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This standard concrete encased beam bridge crosses an unnamed creek southwest of Pleasant Hill

Pleasant Hill, Cass County, Missouri

Owner: Missouri State Parks

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic; New Bridge Constructed Above

Built 1903

by

Stubbs-Flick-Johnson Construction Company of Kansas City, Missouri

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design: 24' concrete encased beam

Concrete encased beam over unnamed creek

Significance:

This through and deck plate girder bridge crosses Manchester Trafficway and the CPKC Pittsburgh Subdivision

Leeds, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

Owner: Jackson County

Status: Abandoned

Built c. 1929 and 1955

by

Unknown

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

Design: 1-80' and 1-30' through plate girders, 2-55' and 1-30' deck plate girders and timber pile trestle

Through and deck plate girder bridge over Manchester Trafficway and CPKC

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This Warren through truss bridge carries the Katy Trail over the Middle River east of Tebbetts

Tebbetts, Callaway County, Missouri

Owner: Missouri State Parks

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1926

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway

Design: 120' Warren through truss and 30' deck plate girder

Warren through truss bridge over Middle River

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