Photos
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Long Distance General Side View Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View Of 'A' Truss From Side Showing Abutments Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View Of 'A' Truss From River Bank Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail :Barrel Shot With Dateplate In Right Foreground Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Lateral Cross Bracing Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View From Side Showing Guard Rail In Foreground Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Support Column Showing Bottom Chord And Connection Shot Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Support Column Looking Down Axis Of Truss Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail Of Support Column Looking At Right Angle To Truss Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Lateral Cross Bracing Between Support Columns Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Bracing Around Support Column Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Bridge Underside Showing Original Floor Beams And Bottom Chord Lateral Bracing Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Circa 1952 Steel Approach Beams Taken From Underneath Bridge Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Bridge Dateplate 3. 'Barrel Shot' Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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)
Sources
- HAER MO-8 - Waddell "A" Truss Bridge
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com