BNSF Sibley Bridge | truss bridge, railway bridge

 truss bridge, railway bridge

The Sibley Bridge, and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe's new route connecting Kansas City with Chicago, opened in 1888. Five other large spans were on the new line, crossing the Grand, Chariton, Des Moines, Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. As with several other railroad bridges built over the Missouri River during the 1800s, it was constucted with Whipple trusses and these were later replaced with Parkers. The Sibley Bridge remains one of the few single track sections on BNSF Railway's extraordinary busy Transcon route linking Chicago and Los Angeles. Amtrak's Southwest Chief crosses over the Missouri on this bridge. America's railroads built 32 crossings over the Missouri River, of which 23 remain in use.
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