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Side view

Photos taken by Bettye Warner

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Oblique view

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Lower chord

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Upper chord

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Deck view

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Overview: Deck truss bridge over Big River on the Iron Mountain Railroad (now UPRR) north of Irondale
Location: Washington County, Missouri
Status: Open to railroad traffic
Design: Pratt deck truss
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.85961, -90.67900 (decimal degrees)
37°51'35" N, 90°40'44" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/704179/4192777 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Irondale
Inventory number: BH 22781 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Irondale Railroad Bridge

Posted September 29, 2007, by B. Warner (bkwofc [at] i1 [dot] net)

This is bridge from which the baby dubbed the "Iron Mountain Baby" was tossed. For more information on this story, please see: