Metropolis Bridge
Photos
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Side view from west |
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Side view from east |
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Looking northwest |
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Barge passing under |
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Main span |
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Close-up of main span truss |
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Underneath main span |
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Lower joint |
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Portal bracing |
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South deck truss span |
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Looking southwest |
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South trusses |
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North truss |
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Second from north truss |
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North portal |
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Oblique view of approach |
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North end |
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Approach pier |
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Detail of approach pier |
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Underneath approach |
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South approach and portal Photo taken by Dave Honan in 2002 |
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Aerial photo Photo taken by Tim Ward |
Facts
- Overview
- Six-span through truss bridge over the Ohio River on the Canadian National Railway at Metropolis
- Status
- Open to railroad traffic
- History
- Built 1917 under the direction of engineers C. H. Cartlidge and Ralph Modjeski
- Design
- From north to south:
Series of deck plate girder approach spans
One riveted, 9-panel Parker through truss (probably a later modification)
Five pin-connected, Pennsylvania through trusses
One pin-connected, 8-panel Pratt deck truss
Series of deck plate girder approach spans - Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 708.0 ft.
Total length: 6,424.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.14461, -88.74204 (decimal degrees)
37°08'41" N, 88°44'31" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/345288/4112335 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Metropolis
- Inventory number
- BH 15525 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 1, 2009: New photo from Harvey Henkelmann
- December 7, 2008: New photo from Harvey Henkelmann
- October 2, 2006: Posted additional photos from the river
Sources
- Harvey Henkelmann - harveyhenkelmann [at] earthlink [dot] net
Comments
I see five black camelback bridge and one new white camelback bridge (1950). what happen one camelback bridge was lost. Thank you.
I once walked across this entire bridge and took some great photographs, I got lucky because the train came after I walked back but there was some ladders off the side to get on in case of emergency, that and I had to look out for the cops. I do not recommend doing what I did.