Show swing span on Atchison RailRoad Bridge open or moving.
How much of the tunnel is underwater and how much is underland.
Thank you
i love that this site gives you just the rite amount of info. it is a major life savor when i had to wright a essay about a famouse bridge in ohio. the simple layout of the page is a wonderfull thing as well. just figured that i would give the site its props. lol whoop whoop.
It's strange to hear about the bridge that is so usual to we who live in the area. I've travelled over the St.F bridge so many times. I never had any type of odd or paranormal expieriences while doing so. I wish I would have.The only time I had any thing happen was when a tree had fallen across it and we had to drive off it in reverse from the middle. Not too much fun for someone afraid of water and bridges!!!
I never knew the bridge even had gears and rotated at one time. I am curious and will definately delve into the amazing history of St. F bridge.
Man this bridge is da bomb
This bridge was replaced with a modern concrete structure and was imploded either in 2004 or 2005....
I don't know if or when this bridge was closed again within the last year after driving across in March(2007). All I know is that for awhile the Adams Mill Bridge looked way beyond repair until 1999 when it was restored extensively. Then a few years ago an oversized truck tore off the portal which had to be rebuilt. I just don't know if it was closed again or why.
Do know when it was replaced?
This bridge no longer exists,
it has been replaced with a new bridge.
I have posted Boonville Bridge demolition photos which my family has. Boonslick Bridge replace this bridge.
I have both a postcard and a photograph of the Boonville Bridge, the photo was taken June 13, 1931 and the postcard purchased at the same time. I can see the building to the right of the approach on the postcard in the modern pics posted here. The smokestack in the photo is apparently from the factory visable in the current pics as well.
I am looking for info on historic Boonville pertaining to this bridge, such as what auto service station would have been located in walking distance of the photograph, the nearby Boonville National Bank, and a store that would have sold peanuts / peanut oil near this location. Anyone with info please contact me.
The optics in my camera are tinting bright whites. There's no predicting, either, some are quite pink and some are okay. The camera experts can't seem to tell me why that's happening, either.
Annoying, isn't it?
JR, dude, why are all your pictures pink ?
James, thanks so much for doing the work of converting those files into things that people like me can use! Much appreciated!
No, the new bridge will be a cable-stayed bridge.
with six lanes of traffic.
The current MAY be used as a bike trail, but with the new light-rail KC wants to build, it may be used for that.
but, for light-rail, the A.S.B. Bridge is being looked for that.
Or, the Heart of America bridge.
But, with new info in, it looks like the Paseo Bridge might be torn down at the end of 2011.
But I hope they can find another use for it..............
I AGREE! MORE PICS PLEASE!! I will also be sending more as I can get them!!
Just curious as the height above the river the peace bridge deck is actually.
REPLACED WITH NEW BRIDGE
This bridge is known as the Vida Shaw bridge. It has a steel truss superstructure with timber pile substrucure. It is on a low volume rural road. Temporarily closed in 2007 due to condition of the substructure at abutments.
How did this bridge ever get its name?
Info on the history of the Old Barn Resort can be found here:
I LOVE these kind of bridges!! And stone arch too! If anyone has any S bridge photos I would love to see them here or feel free to email them to me if you don't mind sharing. S bridges are a rare find and my state don't have any :(. THANKS GUYS!
I totally agree!! I saw the prints of the NEW 35w.BOOOORING!(YAWN). I think bridges can be attractive AND safe!! ugly concrete eyesores don't appeal to us bridge freaks!!
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yeah right! MN DOT seems to cover up alot of info that I have been finding very carefully. We have a pratt truss bridge that is now being "secretly" investigated because of gussette plates!! I think they better check those seams while they are at it!!I called MN DOT a few times on our bridge and basicly get that if it colapses it doesn't pose a major threat!! This is a 400 ft span!! With the amount of flexing and bending with this bridge they should either reinforce it or tear it down!! I have posted it on this site under kettle river bridge 5718.It is located in sandstone MN,near Robinson park,over the kettle river.Despite it's shortcomings it is a rather impressive bridge!
As is probably well known, the Rulo highway bridge was featured near the end of the 1970's movie Paper Moon. It was portrayed as a bridge connecting Kansas to Missouri near St. Joseph (Ryan and Tatum O'Neal needed to escape from Kansas to Missouri due to legal entanglements). Of course, Rulo is nowhere near St. Joseph, and the bridge actually connects the far southeastern corner of Nebraska to Missouri. Interesting Rulo fact: The unnamed, unmarked paved road that heads south out of town connects directly into Kansas Route 7 ("K-7") upon entering Kansas, which is a road that roughly runs along the Missouri River initially, down to the Kansas City area, and then through a convoluted route ultimately runs all the way to the southern border of Kansas west of Joplin.
My buddy John and Myself have continued to research and photograph Oklahoma bridges by county.
This last Saturday we worked in Okfuskee county mostly.
In this county we found a very "odd" bridge that at first glance appears to be a bedstead, but upon closer examination I'm not so sure. I have attached a couple of b/w digital shots that John shot, because my film is not all processed yet.
ThE NBI has the following data for this bridge:
Place Name: Okfuskee (County), Oklahoma
NBI Structure Number: 001810000000000
N3900
Facility Carried: N3900
Feature Intersected: STIDHAM CREEK
Location: .7N 2.W HWY 84
Year Built: 1910
Owned and maintained by: County Highway Agency
Functional Classification: Rural Local
Service On Bridge: Highway
Service Under Bridge: Waterway
Lanes On Structure: 1
Structure Length: 17.1 m
Bridge Roadway Width: 4.6 m
Operating Rating: 4.5 Metric Tons
Number of Spans in Main Unit: 1 Span
Material Design: Steel
Design Construction: Truss - Thru
Number of Approach Spans: 1
Approach Material Design: Wood or Timber
Approach Design Construction: Stringer/Multi-beam or Girder
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The Spans of Time has very conflicting in some points (to above) info for this bridge:
Structure Number 54N3900E1180003
Year 1910
Bridge Type: 6 (Double Intersection Warren Pony Truss)
Number of Spans 2
Total Length 56 ft.
Span Length-longest span 45 ft.
Connections Rivets
Bridge Builder Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron
CC (width curb to curb) 15
Eligible for National Register Yes
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I have never seen anything quite like this bridge, and it is hard to tell whether it is a stringer with robust guard rails or a very lightweight Bedstead, but it certainly is NOT (to my view) a Double Intersection Warren Pony Truss.
It has a reinforcing steel beam under the lower "chord" on one side only.
It appears to have characteristics that put it as a very early bridge.
I am just scratching my head. I hope you can shed some light on this bridge in Okfuskee county. I should add that this is the only "thru truss" type bridge listed on county road N3900 anywhere, so we didn't just find the wrong location. Anyway we have portable laptop with GPS. Since both the NBI and the Spans of Time list the same year for this bridge, this is also a telling point as to whether it has ever been replaced. It would seem not.
They've been working on this thing forever. When you're southbound, they have you crammed ALL the way up to the guard rail with a width restriction of 12'6" and if you're a bridge-phobe, it's scary. Northbound you "cross over" into the southbound lane, the lane is much wider, and it's a "center" lane so it's not as scary. I cross it every few weeks and I wish they would just FINISH the work already!
This Page really didn't help me at all, but some of the pictures were pretty cool. It was fun for observing, you just need a couple more fun facts about the bridge. I am doing a project for structural engineering about the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, and not only are you a website that needs more, but others are worse. I am not putting you down I think it is fabulous that you worked hard to get this website, but just a few more updates is all that I would ask for. THANKS any way
~Kina
Needs Categories MO 5 and MO 87 and needs recently posted pictures which are from 1995 integrated into the site. Boonslick bridge needs to be added to the site.
Photos taken 3-17-2008
Here are two other nice things about this project.
All engineering will go out of state, and most of the drafting overseas. To India for discount drafting. Not bad for 100-200 million of MO tax dollars. Yet their are many firms in MO that could do all or part of the design in the state.
Also the price is about double what they planned, it is way off of what people thought it would be.
cool man
Jack, I changed the status of the bridge, based on your report. Thanks!
Addition Photo 10 Missing South truss span
Addition Photo 11 One of the end views of South Truss Span
Addition Photo 12 Close up Side view of a truss Span
Addition Photo 13 better Close up side view of a truss Span
All photo shot in 1995
Add category US 63 to Jefferson City Bridge.
Add Category to Rulo, Nebraska to Rulo Bridge
Here is an exceptional image of the bridge appearing on an undated 1 cent postcard. Thanks to Shawn Kell of Koeltztown for bringing it to my attention.
Went back over it yesterday, took pictures from the other side
Addition Photo 5 implosion South truss span
Addition Photo 6 missing North Truss span
Addition Photo 7 old approach missing and south portal visible
Addition Photo 8 close up old south portal from new bridge
Addition Photo 9 south approaches connecting bridges to Boonville
Photo this goes with were uploaded on March 23 2008.
Addition Photo 1 side view
Addition Photo 2 Truss arch
Addition Photo 3 North Portal at angle to new road
Addition Photo 4 South Portal approach missing traffic on Boonslick Bridge
On March 19 2008 The Sylamore Creek overflowed it's banks during one of the most Dazastrous Floods To hit Arkansas.
Currently the bridge is under water and its looks hopeful that it will survive the flood but the rivers and creeks have now swelled with flood waters that carry big chunks and houses down the wild waters .
Note' The White River Not too far From this creek is So powerful that there have ben reports that 5-6 houses and boat docks have hit the Calico rock Bridge .
I Have Seen one Large Bot Dock And 1 House hit that bridge and the force was Amazing This is A Example of the force of the Flood water's here in Arkansas on March 2008
March 24, 2008: the bridge is closed to traffic. Looks like it has been for a while.
Yes, there is a photo.
I did not take it, but because it is copyrighted, I can't download it to put it on here.
But here is the link to a picture of it with the span repaired.
If the in the photo on one of the links, it shows a picture of the gusset plates bending. If the MN-DOT knew about this, that bridge sould have been closed years ago, and repaired, or replaced.
Alot of lives could have been saved...............
These Pictures date from 1995 look hard to find old bridge in some cases.
Yes, the pictures on here are copyrighted.
However, I do belive the webmaster has some for sale at lulu.com, I think.
This bridge was replaced around 2004. This stretch of roadway across the bridge is referred to as "DeHart Road" by natives who live in the area between the bridge and Stockwell/Crane Station/Concord.
The Burnett Creek/Indiana 43 Bridge was removed in February of 2008. It will have a new bridge built by the end of the year. Traffic is currently running on a newer bridge next to the old bridge site.
Just to the east of the concrete arch bridge at the intersection of Springboro Road and Indiana Highway 18 was an old one-lane bridge. It crossed the river just a few hundred feet to the north of the current bridge, which was built somewhere in the early 1980s out of concrete and steel. The west end of the bridge was connected to a highway that crossed right in front of the Springboro General Store. The east end, toward Delphi, went up a slight hill, and this portion of the roadway still exists and is labeled as "Rodgers Lane."
Does anybody have any pictures or information about the old iron bridge that was replaced in the early 1980s? I loved crossing this bridge as a young child.
Yes, the old two-lane bridge just south of the Tioga bridge was replaced just after the turn of the current century. Its replacement was built while the old metal bridge was still standing, and was completed after the metal bridge was demolished. The new bridge was named after William "Bill" Luse, who was involved in creating and operating "The Madam Carroll," a boat that docked nearby.
Somebody told me that there was also a one-lane through truss bridge over the Wabash on Bicycle Road that was three or four spans. They said it was removed like in the late 70s or early 80s. Its such a shame that both Bicycle bridges are gone!
I don't know what type of bridge was here myself. Does anybody have any info on what type of bridge the old one was. Was it a steel truss, concrete arch or any other? It would be interesting to find out because I've only been over the new bridge.
Does anyone have any pictures of the bridge set back on the pier?
Proper name Wabash Bridge built for the Wabash Railroad should be filed as Wabash Bridge for Railroad at Hannibal Missouri.
The span the collapsed has been reset, and lifted back on the pier, and is reopen to all traffic.
Sorry. Please disregard previous post. I was referring to another bridge just down the road. Your description of the bridge is accurate. The road is Methodist Church Road.
The bridge that is referred to as Methodic Church Bridge is actually a bridge on Old State Road at the intersection of Old State Road and Methodist Church Road. It does span the St. John's Creek in Franklin County.
To answer Kyle, yes and no.
The bridge's old auto deck is being considered for light-rail use, because of its design, the way the lower level can be lifted without stopping traffic on top.
However, light-rail still is very heavy, and with the BNSF railway running heavy-rail below, it may not hold that much.
However, there is a another bridge that is being considered that is not listed on this site, The Second Hannibal Bridge, it is about 400 feet upstream of the A.S.B., and it as well has an abandoned auto deck, but it is a swing bridge, and Kansas City, Missouri thinks that could be a problem, due that both the rail and auto decks would be stopped for river traffic when the span is open, but the A.S.B. would not, as of its lift design.
Another, is the Heart of America bridge, the A.S.B.'s replacement, it is a girder bridge, and it too is not strong enough for light-rail, as it is for automobiles only.
So, the subject is very well open, and the Armour-Swift-Burlington bridge may have the upper deck used again, but, like I said, the heavyness is the problem.
We will all have to wait.
Yup, thats the Fairfax and Platte Purchase bridges.
Glad you got some shots as this site did not have any.
As a newly married couple in oct. 1975, we were traveling from lackland air force base in antonio, texas north,
thru arkansas and missouri on our way to rantoul, illinois. my airman husband was going to attend school for a few
months at chanute air force base in rantoul. we heard that a few years later that base was eventually closed along
with several others, due to government cutbacks. well anyway our trip was going along rather nicely and
practically without incident. neither one of us had ever been north of texas or louisiana. we were young (17 and
19), had never been away from our families for any length of time. so we took off in our old 1969 chevy impala my
parents had given us as a wedding gift and set out on our first real adventure in our new married lives together. I
remember thinking how excited and full of enthusiam we were. we were just about thru missouri when suddenly we came
upon this long and narrow and dangerous looking bridge that if i remember right, crossed the mississippi and ohio
rivers. i looked at my new husband and said "do we really have to cross this thing? there can't be enough room for
two vehicles at the same time on it! isn't there another way we can take." looking again at our map, it confirmed
our worse fears. this was it, the only way to go. it looked like a new interstate highway was just under
construction and not fully completed to where we were heading. I learned some years later that that interstate
highway was eventually completed and a new four lane bridge was built across the river. here we are getting onto
the bridge, (approaching from its south end on a big curve if i remember correctly) praying for no oncoming
traffic. i think i must have closed my eyes because i was too scared to look down or ahead and we were about half
way over the bridge when i heard my husband say "oh no!" an 18 wheeler was approaching us in the opposite lane and
there was nowhere to go but straight ahead. i prayed and cried some more.i swear we must have touched each other in
passing. and then we met up with a couple of cars further down the bridge. it was a total nightmare. and half way
up there i decided to look down. my goodness we seemed so high up and there was nothing but water all around us.
first of all i have a fear of heights as well as water. so i was totally miserable. well we did eventually make it
over to the other side and then when you think it can't get any worse, we were faced with the steep levees and with
no shoulders.i didn't want look down there either for fear of falling or something. needless to say it was a
blessing when we entered cairo and left the horrid bridge with its fast moving rivers behind us. it was just a
really bad experience. two months later we took that same bridge again heading back down south to louisiana for the
christmas holidays. the trip going home wasn't so bad. but heading back up north was a different story. it had
snowed and the bridge was iced. oh gosh that bridge was so slick and it seemed like we were moving in slow motion.
we were barely trudging along. i thought we'd never get to the other side. and then there was the slick narrow road
along the levee going into cairo. that was certainly another memorable trip! what i would like to know is which
bridge this was. could this be the cairo mississippi river bridge? i think i read on here that there are two
bridges in that area. like i said i believe this bridge crossed both the mississippi and ohio rivers. i can't
remember the name or the highway. and does this bridge still exist? surely its been replaced by now. after all that
was 33 years ago and it seemed practially obsolete and so dangerous back then. have any major traffic accidents or
fatalities ever occurred on it? and also does cairo still exist? i know it was just a little town and i remember
little about it except it looked rather historical looking. i thought i would always have loved to go back up that
way for old times sakes, but i sure would avoid that bridge at all cost. HA!
The State Highway 23 bridge over the Mississippi River in St. Cloud, MN was closed on Thursday night due to bends in some of the reinforcing plates in the truss.
This is the same type of bridge that collapsed on August 1st, 2007 that supported I-35W.
We love our old blue bridge. It is an adventure in faith every time you cross it. It's a standing joke that when the driver education people take students across, and only hit the side rails once, you've passed your drivers test. Twice, and you fail!
This bridge is under going a rehab project -- should be done by end of summer 2008
Took several shots of this bridge and neighboring rail bridge. Hwy 45 automobile bridge in poor condition.
Went to shoot this bridge today and it is gone. Rest in peace.
Photo 7 of 20 Motor housing.
This is a Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge.
For the past 7 years (2)side-by-side temporary lift spans have been in place designed and built by Acrow Corporation. The span length is 210ft. Lift height is 120ft. Each span carries 2 lanes of traffic.
Wwent over it the other day
Below answer to Sep 07 question is copied from lakehistory dot info. It is a great site full of Lake of the Ozarks trivia, and pictures of the old bridges...
HURRICANE DECK is a nautical term associated with river steamboats. The hurricane deck was the uppermost deck. It provided a pleasant, breezy place to watch the passing scenery.
Steamboats plied the Osage River through much of the nineteenth century. Crewmen on these steamers named many of the prominent landmarks along the way. A certain long, flat ridge along the left (descending) bank of the river caught the attention of the steamboatmen. They came to call it the "hurricane deck" because it afforded quite a view of the river, and the wind always seemed to blow there.
Hurricane Deck ridge runs along the east side of Porter Mill Bend, between mile markers 37 and 38. Lake Road 5-36 follows the crest of the ridge.
Does anyone have any pictures of the old 141 bridge that used to be next to this railroad bridge (and looked just as old and rusty). I think it was torn down in the mid 80s. I was remembering it today when I saw old pictures of the 1982 flood on stltoday dot com, but there were no pictures of the bridge (or the railroad bridge).
Al Bertrum is correct. This bridge was just south of Columbia. We used to play around it as kids in the 60's before they tore it down. If you look to the left while driving south from Columbia to Waterloo you can see spots where the old tracks ran. There is also an old brick building shortly after the new YMCA that my Dad says was a power sub-station. I still have an old trolley token my Dad gave me.
The first implosion of the old Hermann bridge took place yesterday on the first span on the North end with additional charges to be set in the near future. Here is a picture from the local paper.
this bridge is tight
Only surviving example of this type.
Patented in 1852.
I have walked and driven across this bridge every since I can remember. Love this old bridge as a part of everyday life in a small town. (Even if a flood happens)
It appears this bridge is now closed. Appears to have been damaged by flooding. 100 years old when I took these pictures.
the bridge is still here, but now we cross our horses under it.
Took these over the past weekend.
Open to Pedestrians and bicycles maintained by Trailnet information from Wikipedia.
There's something amiss with the story on this bridge. The massive cut stone abutments that support the structure are pre-1900. They would not have been built in 1959. Perhaps the Pratt span (which would have been built on stone) was actually built at this location, with maybe a larger Whipple truss that was lost. Or at least there was another structure there that was replaced with these two spans for some reason. I just know that the abutments pre-date the timeline given. If anyone knows more on this story...please comment. THANKS
Dan these two shots are beautiful.
Jason, your photos really bring home the severity of the collapse. The high tension distribution towers, in the background, appear to be bowing in honor of those who lost their lives in the crash.
It's hard to get close enough to get good pictures. These are from March 08.
Great photos, Ken! I love good night photography because I can't do it.
My Grandparents lived on the Crawford county side of this bridge when I was growing up. I am enclosing a picture of my mother and a friend around 1937. It is looking from the Crawford county side toward the Harrison county side. You don't have to post it but thought you may like to see it.
This bridge is still standing.
This is the Uncle John Creek bridge
Demolished in 2002/
Demolished in 2002
This bridge is still in place, the new one was built 10-20 yards south of it on a straighter alignment.
Bridge sits on a dead-end road, but was open to traffic recently.
Very small truss.
Wow!!! they fixed the portal and it looks like they painted it too. Looks a lot better than it did when I visited it in the summer of 2004.
Hi John,
I like the way the site looks. Also like the way I can download photos to your site. I have added all that I have, including a lot from California and Oregon and a few from New York.
Thanks for creating a site that is educational and fun at the same time.
My grandparents farmed the Holtsman farm on either side of the bridge for many years. When driving a herd of cattle across the bridge, it would sway from side to side. For years it had only the horizontal planks for decking and when following another vehicle, one would see the heavy planks bouncing up and down. It was deemed so usafe, that children (my brother and I being two of them) on the west side of the river were bussed back to St. Robert, then east to highway 28, and back north to Dixon. Willie Alexander attempted to haul a load of cattle across it one time, resulting in the collapse of the western approach. I think it was at that time that the county decided to install parallel drive planks across the horizontal planks. For me, that old, rattley,rusted iron bridge will always be The Riddle Bridge.
This is the largest mixed span bedstead bridge that Gene my bridge buddy and I "have" photographed (sort of). This bridge celebrated it's 100th birthday by being torn down. We are from Arkansas where we have found no standing bedsteads and in Oklahoma we have photographed well more than a half dozen. Three of which on this day (in Okmulgee Co.)were closed or like this one, in the process of removal and total destruction.
I forgot to mention that there is "No Treaspassing" sign hidden and mostly grown over. However, I didn't see anyone out there while I was looking around.