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West side |
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Portion over the road |
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Close-up of a pier |
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Stone piers from earlier railroad alignment |
Facts
- Overview
- Concrete railroad viaduct over Route BB at Vulcan just off MO 49
- Location
- Iron County, Missouri
- Status
- Open to railroad traffic above and two-lane road traffic below
- History
- Built ca. 1946 by Missouri Pacific as part of a "grade and line revision project" to accomodate higher speed trains between St. Louis and Texas
- Design
- Concrete deck girder
- Dimensions
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Vertical clearance above deck: 50.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.30967, -90.66439 (decimal degrees)
37°18'35" N, 90°39'52" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/706982/4131784 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 30 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 1
- USGS topographic map
- Des Arc
- Inventory number
- BH 21676 (Bridgehunter.com ID)