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General Information

Beginning of works: 1892
Completion: 1893
Status: in use

Project Type

Location

Location: , , ,
Crosses:
  • Missouri River
Coordinates: 38° 50' 35.88" N    90° 14' 11.40" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

total length 518.5 m
span lengths 4 x 134.2 m
number of spans 4

Materials

piers masonry
truss steel

Chronology

July 1892

Foundation works begin

September 1893
— December 1893

Construction of the trusses

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Bellefontaine Bridge is a four-span truss BNSF railroad bridge over the Missouri River between St. Charles County, Missouri and St. Louis County, Missouri. It has four 440-foot (130 m) spans. Construction started on July 4, 1892 and it opened on December 27, 1893.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Bellefontaine Bridge" and modified on July 22, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

Participants

Design
Resident engineering

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Relevant Publications

  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20001387
  • Published on:
    25/03/2001
  • Last updated on:
    30/12/2019
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