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Long Distance General Side View

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General View Of 'A' Truss From Side Showing Abutments

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General View Of 'A' Truss From River Bank

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Detail :Barrel Shot With Dateplate In Right Foreground

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Detail View Of Lateral Cross Bracing

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General View From Side Showing Guard Rail In Foreground

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Detail View Of Support Column Showing Bottom Chord And Connection Shot

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Detail View Of Support Column Looking Down Axis Of Truss

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Detail Of Support Column Looking At Right Angle To Truss

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Detail View Of Lateral Cross Bracing Between Support Columns

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Detail View Of Bracing Around Support Column

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Detail View Of Bridge Underside Showing Original Floor Beams And Bottom Chord Lateral Bracing

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Detail View Of Circa 1952 Steel Approach Beams Taken From Underneath Bridge

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Bridge Dateplate 3. 'Barrel Shot'

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge originally spanning Linn Branch Creek in Clinton County near Trimble, but relocated to Parkville
Location: Kansas City, Platte County, Missouri
Status: Open to pedestrians only
History: Built 1898 for the Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railway. Abandoned in 1939, but converted into a highway bridge on MO 4 in 1953. Dismantled in 1980 to make room for Smithville Reservoir, but relocated and reassembled in 1987 as a pedestrian bridge
Design: Waddell "A" through truss
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on January 25, 1991
Also called: Linn Branch Creek Bridge (original name)
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.18583, -94.68225 (decimal degrees)
39°11'09" N, 94°40'56" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/354708/4338746 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Parkville
Inventory numbers: NRHP 90002173 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 22356 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

August 31, 2008: New photos from James Baughn

Sources

HAER MO-8 - Waddell "A" Truss Bridge
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