This very well could be, although I have no first hand knowledge, I have heard that the bridges over the Kaw (Kansas River)can be raised due to flooding.
This is a beautiful bridge with a swing section. I have to wonder though, why did they put a swing bridge over such a shallow stretch of water. I realize that rivers rise and fall with the seasonal water run-off, but, what boat traffic would go down such a river with enough frequency to necccesitate the need for what must have been an expensive swing bridge, back when it was built in 1899? Also, it doesn't mention in the comments whether the swing section still swings....and how does it swing, if it does...since no operator's house is seen on the bridge? It would be very interesting if moveable bridges were always shown in the "open" position...whenever possible. Also, any people or vehicles that can be included in the photos gives a sense of perspective to the bridge structure.
Its a one lane bridge on an Indiana State Highway system controlled by traffic signals. Apparently the state has taken great care of this bridge and it appears sturdy. There is also the three span through truss Davis Ferry Road Bridge just north of Lafayette over the Wabash. It is closed to vehicles, but does not appear abandoned. I think there may also be a park at the bridge too.
At the time these photographs were taken, I observed remnants of other support structures that had preceeded or been concurrent with the current supports for this bridge. It became apparent to me that this is not the original bridge at this site; but that the current bridge used most of the original, massive stone piers from the original bridge and that many of the secondary steel supports were abandoned for construction of the current bridge.
Wayne Johnson
this old bridge was open since 1896. It was three camelback bridge. It was torn down since 1980.
More photo and find out of old bridge and new bridge. You see Wikipedia. What happen old bridge was collasped since 1980. thank you.
This is call coast to coast bridge in Yuma, Arizona. This is retired bridge. It was closed to traffic since 1988. People will walk on the bridge any time.
This is call coast to coast bridge in Yuma, Arizona. This is retired bridge. It was closed to traffic since 1988. People will walk on the bridge any time.
I lived in Warsaw during the mid 60's and have been over this bridge a few times, mostly walking, but once with my stepfather with a load of lumber in the back of a pickup truck. Can't tell you how scared a 10 year old boy was in a loaded truck going over a condemned bridge.
I used to live in Warsaw and have been over that bridge many times. Also, years after I left Warsaw, a buddy of mine and I were driving to Warsaw to visit my grandmother, and if we hadn't changed our route, we would have driven over that bridge the night the grain truck went through.
Thank God that they're at least going to make an effort to preserve this whipple through truss bridge which has been shut down for almost 3 years running.
At the same time, they're going to make a replacement; exactly when, no one's said yet. But at any rate this is kind of a big deal in the event of emergencies, where timing is everything. In a sense, the closing of the Bostick Road bridge can be seen as a mixed blessing: first of all, it takes longer to get to point B from point A & secondly, this whipple truss is going to be preserved somehow, someway. But couldn't they just make a replacement which bypasses this bridge; it'd seem more logical & more effective too.
Enough rambling here; this is one of the best frickin' through trussers around & that's saying something.
Finally!! We've got a pic for the Fort Ritner bridge up.
Like the Sparksville bridge a few miles east, this through truss bridge is one of the most noteworthy bridges around not only in southern Indiana but the whole state. It's an awesome feeling just seeing this puppy for the first time in all of its ragged (but beautiful) glory.
This through truss bridge, of the few which still exist in all of Delaware County, was closed the last time I (among others out there) checked. If there were any indications that it would subject to closing or replacement, it would boil down to the weight limit reduction from 8 tons a few years back to just 3 - & that's not a good sign for any bridge to have the tonnage reduced that drastically. The best thing Delaware County's Highway Department could do at this juncture is find a means by which this bridge could be preserved & a viable replacement for it in the process.
More accurately we found one half of it, and a hangar (Hip Vertical) from what appears to be a lost bridge (now low water bridge) to the immediate ENE.
We found it.
I believe this bridge has been replaced. Using a satellite image to view this area clearly shows a newer concrete structure in its place. I’m afraid another piece of history bites the dust.
Does this bridge even still exist?
Does this bridge even still exist?
Railroad Bridge at Glasgow, Missouri over the Missouri.
Current owner is the Kansas City Southern, which took over the Gateway Western Railway. Bridge was damaged in the flood of 1993 and repaired that fall.
Prior owners of the Bridge:
Kansas City Southern
Gateway Western
Chicago, Missouri and Western (went bankrupt)
Illinois Central Gulf (1972-?)
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio (1947-1972) Merged with Illinois Central
Chicago and Alton (to 1947) That's why the C & A is imprinted in the superstructure.
When the G.M. & O took over they rehab the line from Mexico, Missouri to Kansas City with money received from the Burlington (Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy RR) who received rights to send two frieght trains a day each way + one passenger train. For a while they used the Pioneer Zephyr consist that is now at the Museum of Science and Industry as the "Ozark State Zephyr). It had a special logo on the front that Alton Burlington instead of the normal Burlington Route.
Hope this helped. If I can locate it I have a picture of the repaired span (deck plate type )that has the name Gateway Western painted on it.
Best wishes,
Ed Gray
Mid-Missouri Railfan.
The bridge is actually called the Burlington-Bristol Bridge
This through truss bridge was replaced in 2002 by a modern concrete one.
I found this info on the Frederickburg bridge on indianatrails.org..... "A Transportation Enhancements grant in 2005 will help move this "Triple Intersection Warren Through Truss" bridge from its original location in Washington County over the Blue River, to its new home as a trail bridge across White River. The 149-foot bridge, constructed in 1898, will connect multi-use trails in Hamilton County's Koteewi Park with the White River Campground"
I was unaware that there were that many tunnels on the old Rock Island line. I also find it interesting that this line with most of its physical infastructure relatively intact sits idle. You would think that one of the major railroads crossing Missouri might be interested in using this line as an alternate for all of the heavy rail traffic going between Kansas City and St. Louis.
This Bridge is huge
My father, Lawrence A. Uebner, was born in Fall Creek Twp.in 1907. He and his brother attended the Bluff Hall Church. They used to use an old swimming hole just off the bridge. I visited the bridge in the 1980s. Thank you for the photos.
I'll bet this bridge was built many years earlier than 1945 because it is rather narrow and such. It is indeed an impressive bridge and hope it can be preserved.
The Brazos River Bridge at Brazoria, commonly known as "Brazoria Bridge," is a 1124-foot concrete and steel structure containing three Parker truss spans. It was constructed in 1939, and it's still in use today, carrying State Highways SH332 and FM521. It's a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, and it's listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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Texas Landmark Register: http://tinyurl.com/onbpx
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The Texas Department of Transportation plans to construct a new four-lane highway bridge between the Brazos River Bridge and Union Pacific Railroad Bridge located 300 feet south. The Brazos River Bridge will remain standing to provide access to the picnic area and park east of river.
The railroad bridge was originally built ca 1907 by the St. Louis, Brownsville, and Mexico Railway Company. It's a center-pivot swinging bridge, theoretically capable of pivoting to allow river traffic to pass, although it has not been opened for several years. The St.L.B.& M.R.R. merged with the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company in 1956, which in turn merged with the Union Pacific in 1997. The railroad operates today as the Union Pacific, which still uses the bridge for revenue traffic. A dozen trains a day pass across it, most of which are drawn by UPRR locomotives, although BNSF locomotives are sometimes seen.
I'm surprised to see this bridge, I was born 500" feet from there in 1923, attended Beech Creek school in the 3rd
grade and moved to Washington DC (1932) I was about 9 yrs old I think. I'm now 83 living in Stephens City, Va. I worked in Washington DC for the Bell Telephone Co and retired in 1982 after 41+ years. My uncle chopped ice up stream from that bridge. I crossed the bridge the past summer and it looked like a lot of paint was off.
Dick Stevens, 108 White Pine Circle, Stephens City, VA 22655---1-540-869-5446 George Peters was my uncle
any comments? dstevens@visuallink.com
This through truss has been closed to traffic but still stands next to its replacement. The new nondescript bridge was completed in 2002.
I loved this bridge it was a marvelous part of the town. I was devasted when I heard the town might tear it down. It should be reconized as a national landmark it is lovely. The surronding enivorment is alway breathe taking
This bridge as of October 2006 has been reconstructed with a new deck and railings.
This pony truss was replaced in 2001 by a concrete girder bridge.
This bridge was constructed by M.E. Gillioz, of Monett, MO, one of the largest building, road, dam, and bridge contractors in the state of Missouri during the first half of the 20th Century.
I believe this is a bridge built by M. E. Gillioz,of Monett, Missouri, one of the largest road, dam, building, and bridge builders from the first half of the 20th Century.Can you confirm if it is a five span bridge?
Thanks.
This bridge was built by M.E. Gillioz of Monett, MO, one of the biggest road, bridge, dam, and building contractors from the first half of the 20th Century.
Shame on the mindless county! They tore down one of the best bridges anyone ever seen. This is very devastating and I feel like saying everything in the dictionary. Is ther a MAJOR UPROAR over the demolition?
It seems to me, that it would be far more economical to repair this classic old bridge, than to demolish it and replace it. It is on a county road, it serves local traffic, it does not have to carry semi-trucks, as it is close to I-40. However, for the locals living east of the bridge, now it is quite a hardship to get into town, as there is no alternative convenient route.
Please just repair this bridge. There are no parts missing, no rust through or anything, and surely the piers can be reinforced. It is obvious that in the 1970's the original wood deck was replaced with a corrugated metal deck, and this deck has had a layer or two or three of asphalt paving layed on, and this is very deteriorated, making the crossing very bumpy, which no doubt put more stress on the bridge. If the piers were reinforced, and the paving were smoothed out, I feel sure the bridge would have many more years of use for local cars and pickups.
I have crossed this bridge almost daily since 79, I have also seen the 18 wheelers cross, loads of hay, cattle, dump trucks cross the bridge. I work in Fort Smith, now that the bridge is closed the trip around is about 15 minutes each way, I hope no one needs an ambulance and it has to go all the way around, I for one will miss using this old bridge.
This structure is owned by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The superstructure was replaced in 1999 with a timber glue laminated multi girder span.
Calling this an arch bridge is stretching the truth. Actually, this is a corrugated steel culvert. Not much to look at, nor historical in any way.
Actually, the bridge (MP 114.6) saw it's last train in the first month or so of 1980 (records lost), as The Rock slowly dwindled away before being liquidated on March 31st. The line's next owner, St. Louis Southwestern, only operated the route from St. Louis as far west as Belle (MP 106), from 1980 to 1984, when service was cut back to Owensville (MP 92). In December of 1995, the last train left Owensville, with all traffic being cut back to Union (MP 60). Nathan is right in everything he said. Ticks are unusually and surprisingly numerous here - I've never picked so many off of me (I think I counted 32) And the bridge itself produces an awkward and disorienting sense of vertigo which takes a little while to get used to. Currently, the bridge and the rest of the line are owned by Ameren Power co, who bought the 'hand-me-down' line from the UP in 1999 for 10 mil. Something of interest: In response to the Ameren owned Taum Sauk Mtn. dam, which broke and destroyed Johnson's shut in's state park, the state is seeking revenge on the self-insured company. Involved in this discussion is the old CRI&P right of way, which the state has expressed interest in acquiring as payment for 'damages'. It seems to always be an uphill battle for this line. I always hope for the best. I'd love to guide a train across the bridge someday, though I've got to admit, I think it's beautiful how it rests now.
This two span through truss is currently under construction and is expected to be completed in mid 2007. The replacement structure is a 3 span prestressed I-beam bridge.
Its a pretty sturdybidge if you ask me
This two span pony truss was replaced in 2004 with a multi span prestressed spread box beam bridge.
This bridge was reconstructed in 2006 with a single span prestressed adjacent box beam bridge.
This bridge has been closed to traffic by order of the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. Franklin County ordered it closed Nov. 22.
Coincidentally(?) the bridge has been nominated by the Arkansas Historic Preservation Dept. for inclusion in the National Register. A vote in the listing will be Dec. 6. If approved at the state level, it goes forward for consideration at the national level.
While inclusion doesn't guarantee preservation, it makes it necessary for a federal Section 106 review of alternatives before demolition is involved,
The bridge is on the Franklin and Crawford county line and historically both counties have participated in upkeep. At a recent meeting, Franklin County officials discussed the ordered closing and fear they may have to take down the old bridge and replace it with something more "modern" and safe.
They estimate replacement (and demolition) at around $3 million, so it may be a while before the counties can come up with funds for the work. In the meantime they are hoping they can pump more concrete down to the disintegrating piers to hold it up a little longer.
Here's to hoping some folks in those two counties can generate some sort of push for at least preserving the bridge and maybe even moving the bridge to a park or some spot where more people can see its beauty.
i was visiting my dad the other day and in talking about this bridge he reminded me that the plaque that was on it was dated 1895. i am thinking of putting ads in the local paper to see if someone out there might have photos of this beautiful old bridge
I saw this bridge today..11/28/06 it is closed to vehicle traffic but is open to foot traffic.really cool bridge...not many of these left around.
I went to photograph this bridge last Saturday and it has been torn down
This bridge was a replacement for a steel deck plate drawbridge which crossed at the exact same spot for many years prior to the current span.
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is currently undertaking a project to widen the vehicular lanes on the span. The project will take a while, so if you need to cross via the Huey P Long bridge, exercise caution while they work on it!
My grandfather helped construct this bridge. He was one of the civil engineers that worked on it. I am proud of his work!
Are you aware this bridge was demolished in late 2005/early 2006. They have built a new modern bridge and in the process blasted the Rogue's Ford Bridge.
This bridge was reworked in the recent past (2005?). Fully sandblasted, repainted. road surface replaced, guard rails replaced, looks fantastic.
this is one freaky bridge to drive over thought the bridge was going to go everytime i drove over it and i thought the old iron bridge in allegan michigan was scary
I am 23 years old, and still fear Silver Bridge. My dad used to swim down there when he was a kid. What a bridge. It always scared me when we drove over it, cuz it would rattle. I was always and still afraid that it would fall while we were driving on it. I walked across it a few times, and that was even more scary. It may be a scary bridge, but it held alot of vehicles. I hate to see it shut down, but if it's not safe to drive, then there's no choice. The bridge is actually owned by Franklin County, yet they think Crawford County should help repair. FRANKLIN COUNTY: PLEASE REPAIR THE BRIDGE.
I doubt they will, so my last words to Silver Bridge are:
RIP Silver Bridge
1930-2006
****Jeremy Medlock****
LOL another person from sw michigan here by birth not choice lol i was also raised in the ne ar and se mo area and i remember in the mid 80's going across this bridge and the I57 bridge it was interesting to cross this one more than the other one i would always stay up till we got to the bridge and man it seemed like it took forever and day to get there but once we got there it would excite me cause i knew then that it wasnt far to paragould, ar area to where we was going.
hey my name is jprdan malm and i would like to leave a comment on this because i dont want them to replace the bridge!!! i like the bridge because it shows people that atchison really does have some history to it. i remeber my dad always talking about it. he always talked about how it made atchison look good for change. so all i am saying is please dont tear down the bridge
I don't have much to say about the bridge, but you have to think this bridge has beed through alot and has seen may years of use and disrepair,and I think this bridge is so cool, because it was a railroad and converted too car bridge, I think it would be cool to have this bridge opened again, even though they are talking about building a brand new span over the mississippi, and they need to save the McKinley Bridge.
This was a very scary bridge to cross with farm eqp when you were only about 12 or 13 years old.
As far as I can tell, this bridge is "shared" as I think Union Pacific traffic goes across it also to service customers in Fort Smith. The Union Pacific yard is on the Van Buren side of the bridge. The Arkansas-Missouri is a short line railroad operated from Springdale, Arkansas, and was purchased from the Burlington and acts as a feeder to the Burlington main line in Monett, Missouri. The line runs from Monett to Fort Smith, Arkansas. While primarily a freight line, the Arkansas-Missouri does operate an excursion train schedule with vintage passenger cars and vintage Alco diesel engines. There is a tunnel at Winslow, rather long, the excursion train goes through, as well as a number of high trestles through the mountains north of Van Buren, which makes for an exciting ride.
This bridge is on Lake Rd in the town of Bradford. At the US 67 intersection, travel E and go left at the road fork. There are two spans to this bridge, with the larger span (the near one in the image) having been crudely cut apart with a blowtorch and dumped in the creek N of the bridge (parts of the bridge are exposed during low water.) The E span still exists (with no decking) and can be reached from the next creek crossing S of the bridge.
I have fond memories of this bridge. My grandmother lives on a farm about 1/2 to 3/4 mile of this bridge. When my cousin Luke and I would stay at her house, we'd always go through the back pasture to the Upper Iowa River. When the water would get too deep, we'd get on the road. On the road, we'd try to go to Bluffton, looking for mischief. Bluffton was about 3 miles away. It was always a long walk on the way back to Grandma's. The bridge was usually our turning around point.
Visited the Wards Crossing Bridge today, 12 Nov. 06, and it has much of the same characteristics of the Old River Bridge on the Saline in Benton. I asked a few people I encountered about date built, but none were in the know. Does anyone have data about when built, length of span, etc. I'm sure it was there before Lake Nimrod was created. Bridge is regularly used especially now during hunting season. Some of the running boards have decayed. I was walking on the bridge when a pickup drove across and the bridge seemed pretty sound. Appears to be higher above surface water than most pin connected's. I could get decent photos of the entire bridge from the south bank about 200 yards upstream. Both approaches are ramped like the Wallace Bridge and you almost have to drive slightly up the approach to see if any vehicles are coming across. No guard rails on the bridge or ramps.
This Bridge is now under the law of the L.S.S.R (linwood soviet social republic) just to let you all know.
AcE
I have a few additional photos of this bridge taken today ... if you're interested in them, let me know, and I'll send you the full-sized images (6MP). You can see the better of them here (http://www.strych9design.com/2006/11/12/final-photos-of-the-day/); two of them show the lift part of the bridge.
Great work on the site ... I've enjoyed looking at all the different bridges!
Jeremy
Bridge has been closed since 2002
This bridge is a key element in the novel, "The Trainman", by P.T. Deutermann, 1999, St. Martins Press.
An entire novel featuring RR bridges over the Mississippi.
Good read, specially for bridge fans, just remember it's only fiction as they come tumbling down!!!
I am curious if any segments remain of this bridge, or any of the Bassett Creek bridges listed here? If I understand these locations correctly, these bridges are in the final 1.5 mile buried portion of Bassett Creek.
If you want to know where the line ran, there is a map available. However, it is copyrighted by John Szwajkart. His address (from 1983, I don't have a more current one) was 3334 Elm Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513. It was part of a book called the "Train Watcher's Guide to St. Louis" that I purchased at Union Station in St. Louis at the Train Shop back in the mid 1980's. Hope that this helps!
Oh yeah, the blue bar bridge took another big hit from a barge!!!! Look out boys, she's coming down!!! hahahaha
joking... just joking.
If anyone has any info, specifically year built and span length of this bridge, or the truss/bascule next to the Platt St. Bridge (also in Tampa), please share!
Thanks!
I love this bridge! I have to cross it everytime I go to visit my grandparents. As a child, I remember when it was dark out, I would look out the back window of my parents truck and imagine giant monsters chasing us off of the bridge! When I began driving, I would take all of my friends out to Mulberry and show off "my grandparents bridge". I have even been for walks with my many cousins on the little island under the bridge (or beside the bridge).
I also love this bridge because it means that the long drive to grandma and grandpa's house is almost over, and I love going to visit grandma and grandpa!
Jaymie Mackey
The Gateway Bridge was awarded the 2005 Prize Bridge award for the Major Span category by the National Steel Bridge Alliance. www.steelbridges.org
TC
This covered bridge was rehabilitated in 2005 by CLR Inc Vincennes IN
Bridge is now complete 11/06. New lower chords, new siding, roof, some upper chord replacement, and diagonals. Old cast iron abutments repaired.
This iron through truss bridge was rehabilitated in 2002
This concrete arch bridge has been replaced with a reinforced concrete I beam bridge in 2003
This bridge is being rehabilitated over the winter and into the spring of 2006 -07
This bridge has been completly rehabilitated in 2006
This bridge is currently being replaced with a monolithic slab top concrete bridge (2006) expecting to be completed summer of 2007
This bridge has been closed for over 20 years now, but fun to walk across.
I have photographed the bridge and often use to take canoes out there until landowners made it too difficult. Every time I was under the bridge and a vehicle would pass over, dozens to hundreds of rusted metal flakes would rattle off and fall into the river. I love and fear the bridge and am trying to photograph old bridges in the area. If you know of any good old ones please email me with directions and descriptions.
thanks
john
What are the dimensions of the bridge? I need the Length, width and the Height....Please
Some of my fondest memories as a child and as an adult are represented by this bridge. I grew up in Indiana but my heart (as well as that of my brother's and sister's) belonged to Mulberry Arkansas. My dad, Wayne Alderson, grew up on the Wire Road and is currently living back on the Wire Road that this Silver Bridge is on. Every summer we would load up and head down to Mulberry. Reaching the Silver Bridge meant we were almost at grandma and grandpa's house. Then our summer vacation would begin. All of us (and when I say all of us, I mean 11 aunts/uncles and each of their clan) would pack into vehicles and head for the silver bridge to go swimming/fishing. I must say that way back then, sometimes we would even load up to hmmmmmmm, go take our night time baths in the water below. I remember going to the movies and watching "Jaws" then heading for a late night swim in the deep dark waters below the bridge and being very scared, my young mind could not imagine why there could not be a shark in the eerie waters of the Mulberry creek!!!!!
Anyway, Silver Bridge holds many fond memories for me. I have heard it told that my grandfather Homer Ellis Alderson had a hand in building it. So, it is even more sentimental to me. Am I afraid to go over it? Not really, maybe just for my vehicle, you know the big holes and all.
The Mulberry Silver Bridge will forever be a landmark for me and my family.
Deborah Alderson Mackey
Bummer...hopefully it's preserved so people can still check it out. Just wondering if it is or not.
This bridge has been removed but is still sitting intact on the roadside as of late Oct 2006. It may be awaiting relocation.
so happy to see this bridge preserved, but it would have been better with wooden floor. i remember when they moved this bridge, a local construction company donated a crane to move it and the story was on the little rock news
My friends and I found this bridge in an extreme state of dis-repair... There were places where a person could probably have torn pieces of the gaurdrail off, and there was a large portion of gaurdrail missing entirely, presumably due to an encounter with a vehicle, judging by the type of damage inflicted. The general appearance of the bridge made us question its safety, and it took us a little bit of time to muster the nerves to actually take a vehicle across the bridge.
We found this bridge on our way to Leadville. It is awsome and very scary to drive over.
Wonderful,but what are all those trees on the north side surrounding the info kiosk?
They have large prominent seed pods(6-10 inches) Thanks.
Scott - Mama Lou's Bridge - It is said that a woman and her new born baby drove off this bridge and died. If you go there at night and say "Mama Lou I've got your baby" strange things will happen. Your car won't start or you'll hear screeching noises like the paint is being scraped off your car. You can also see a woman in white floating in the field near the bridge. GREAT PLACE TO GO FOR HALLOWEEN! IN ARKANSAS....
I think this bridge was at what is now known as Kilo Vista, about one mile down river from the present highway 62 bridge.
I wish you had included a picture of the old bridge that is under the existing bridge. There is alot of history lost because people don't know of the old bridge. I would be a great addition to what you have on the new bridge.
These photo's are great, Didn't know these and other bridges were on the internet. Was doing a search on the Raley family who lived in Stone County in the 1800's, I believe the bridge and Railey Creek Rd. were named for the Railey family.
perfect bridge
You need to rebuild and construct a new bridge so it could be a two-way. It also need to be higher in case of a flood watch or tornado watch. You need to have space so that the cars can move freely and wouldn't have to wait for another car
DOES ANYONE KNOW THE HISTORY OF THIS BRIDGE OR THE FAMILY WHO MAY HAVE OWNED LAND AROUND IT?
I used to go over this bridge as a child. We were hoping that they would save it.
Do you have any photos of the demolition of it?
Also, do you have any photos of the Bridge that used to be nearby in Ross (Venice) Ohio? that was a cool looking bridge and I cant find any pictures of it.
Thanks (Old Bridge fanatic)
Local people call this bridge Rough Hollow bridge