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This unique Waddell "A" truss was spared destruction twice, and is one of two spans of this design known in the United States
Parkville, Platte County, Missouri
Owner: City of Parkville
Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic
Built 1898
by
A&P Roberts Company (Pencoyd Iron Works) of Pencoyd, Pennsylvania
for
Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City Railroad
Design:
100' Waddell "A" Truss
Description:
Historic Waddell "A" Truss over Rush Creek
Significance:
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This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline across the Neenah Channel of the Fox River at Doty Island in Neenah
Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
Owner: Canadian National Railway
Status: In Use
Built 1910
by
Modern Structural Steel Company of Waueksha, Wisconsin and O'Keefe & Orbison of Appleton, Wisconsin
for
Chicago & North Western Railway
Design:
8-46' deck plate girders
Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Fox River (Neenah Channel)
Significance:
This small stone arch culvert crosses Brown Creek and is one of several small culverts which carried the original Racine and Mississippi Rail Road near Dakota
Dakota, Stephenson County, Illinois
Owner: Private Owner
Status: Abandoned
Built 1959
by
Unknown
for
Racine and Mississippi Rail Road
Design:
10'x9' stone arch culvert
Description:
Stone arch culvert over Brown Creek
Significance:
This Warren through truss bridge carries the Katy Trail over Auxvasse Creek east of Mokane
Mokane, Callaway County, Missouri
Owner: Missouri State Parks
Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic
Built c. 1926
by
American Bridge Company of New York
for
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway
Design:
200' Warren through truss and timber pile trestle
Description:
Warren through truss bridge over Auxvasse Creek
Significance:
This Warren through truss swing bridge once carried the former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over the Fox River at Porlier Street in Green Bay
Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin
Owner: City of Green Bay
Status: Removed but not replaced
Built 1902
by
Unknown
for
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Design:
201' Warren through truss swing span and timber pile trestle
Description:
Warren through truss swing bridge over Fox River
Significance:
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