BNSF Grand River Bridge (Talmage)
BNSF Grand River Bridge (Talmage)
(Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Bridge #379.51)
This Pratt deck truss bridge once carried a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad mainline over the Grand River near the former station of Talmage
Owner: BNSF Railway
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1901 using a span fabricated 1890, lengthened 1914
by
Unknown and American Bridge Company of New York (Lassig Plant)
for
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Design:
150' Pratt deck truss and 2-105' and 2-44' deck plate girders
Description:
Pratt deck truss bridge over Grand River
Significance: