Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Rulo Railroad Bridge

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Overview

The Rulo Railroad bridge parallels the Rulo Highway (US 159) Bridge over the Missouri River in Rulo, NE. For more info about the Rulo Highway Bridge, see Rulo Highway Bridge photos/info.

Photo taken by James McCray

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Eastern Portal

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Railroad on Right. Highway on Left.

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Rulo Railroad Bridge and her Sister From a Distance

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Facts

Overview: Warren through truss bridge over Missouri River on BNSF Railroad in Rulo
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1887; truss sections replaced with new trusses in 1977 but retaining original piers
Design: Warren through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.05444, -95.42083 (decimal degrees)
40°03'16" N, 95°25'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/293511/4436608 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Rulo
Inventory number: BH 36394 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Comments

Rulo Railroad Bridge

Posted March 26, 2008, by Dylan (dylanlagermurray [at] yahoo [dot] com)

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.