Union Pacific St. Joseph Bridge

USA / Kansas / Elwood /
 truss bridge, railway bridge, swing bridge
Ownership of the bridge started with Union Pacific's St. Joseph & Grand Island Railroad. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe gained trackage rights over the bridge, as did the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific. Union Pacific sold the 108 mile line from St. Joseph to Upland, KS during February 1990 to Railtex, and this became the Northeast Kansas and Missouri. The line was repurchased in 1998, as Union Pacific needed the route between Hiawatha and Upland in Kansas for empty coal trains returning to the Powder River Basin. The bridge is now part of a Union Pacific 4 mile long spur line from St. Joseph to Elwood, KS. America's railroads built 32 crossings over the Missouri River, of which 23 remain in use.
tacnet.missouri.org/history/encycmo/rrstjoseph.html
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Joseph_Swing_Bridge
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Coordinates:   39°45'12"N   94°51'35"W

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