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HAER photo: Overview

These photos from the Historic American Engineering Record were taken August 1985 by Clayton B. Fraser

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HAER photo: Close-up of a span

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HAER photo: Portal view

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Historic postcard

This postcard shows the railroad bridge (left) next to the original Lewis Bridge

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Overview

Photo taken by James Baughn

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Middle span

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South span

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Center pier

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View from distance

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Approaching train

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Passing train

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Stone abutment

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Closeup of stonework

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Below portal

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Closeup of shoe

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Lower joint

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Underneath

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View from below

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Map

Vicinity Map

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Facts

Overview: Four-span railroad through truss bridge over the Missouri River near Fort Bellefontaine in West Alton
Status: Open to one track of railroad traffic
History: Construction started July 4, 1892, with the first train crossing on Dec. 27, 1893
Design: Four 16-panel Baltimore through trusses with a deck supporting two railroad tracks
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 440.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.84310, -90.23669 (decimal degrees)
38°50'35" N, 90°14'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: T. 47 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 9
Inventory number: BH 22615 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

June 4, 2008: New photos from James Baughn

Sources

HAER MO-26 - Bellefontaine Bridge
HAER NE-2 - (Behemoths: The Great River Bridges of George S. Morison)
James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com

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