This steel stringer bridge crosses Missouri Route 10 (Kearney Road) on the west side of Excelsior Springs

Excelsior Springs, Clay County, Missouri

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1935

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
40' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Missouri Route 10 (Kearney Road)

Significance:

This deck truss and girder viaduct serves as the southwestern approach to the MacArthur Bridge

St. Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri

Owner: Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis

Status: In Use

Built 1929

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Dunham Construction Company of St. Louis

for

Municipal Bridge and Terminals Commission of St. Louis

Design:
117' Pratt deck truss, through plate girder and deck plate girder viaduct

Description:
Pratt deck truss and deck plate girder viaduct over Terminal Railroad Association and city streets

Significance:

This Warren through truss bridge carries the Katy Trail over the Middle River east of Tebbetts

Tebbetts, Callaway County, Missouri

Owner: Missouri State Parks

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1926

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway

Design:
120' Warren through truss and 30' deck plate girder

Description:
Warren through truss bridge over Middle River

Significance:

This Warren through truss bridge carries the Katy Trail over Turkey Creek near Cedar City

Cedar City, Callaway County, Missouri

Owner:

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1926

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway

Design:
125' Warren through truss

Description:
Warren through truss bridge over Turkey Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses Route D (192nd Street) west of Lawson

Lawson, Clay County, Missouri

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1931

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad and Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
67' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Route D (192nd Street)

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses Big Creek below Missouri Route 7 in Pleasant Hill

Pleasant Hill, Cass County, Missouri

Owner: Missouri State Parks

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1903

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Stubbs-Flick-Johnson Construction Company of Kansas City, Missouri

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
1-60' and 2-50' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Big Creek

Significance:

This massive Cantilevered through truss bridge crosses the Missouri River in St. Charles

St. Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri to Earth City, Missouri

Owner: Norfolk Southern Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1936

by

Mt. Vernon Bridge Company of Mt. Vernon, Ohio and American Bridge Company of New York

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
Cantilevered Warren through truss and deck plate girder

Description:
Cantilevered Warren through truss bridge over Missouri River

Significance:

This recycled turntable crosses Fire Prairie Creek east of Independence

Independence, Jackson County, Missouri

Owner: Jackson County

Status: Abandoned

Built 1957 using a recycled turntable fabricated c. 1905

by

Unknown

for

Missouri Pacific Railroad

Design:
75' recycled turntable deck girder and trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Fire Prairie Creek

Significance:

This standard through plate girder bridge crosses Roy's Creek west of Parkville

Parkville, Platte County, Missouri

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1908

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
46' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Roy's Creek

Significance:

This Pratt through truss bridge was replaced in 2020 and was donated to an adjacent landowner

Bosworth, Carroll County, Missouri

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Replaced by a new bridge and set onto ground

Built 1911 using a truss fabricated c. 1887

by

Edge Moor Bridge Works of Wilmington, Delaware

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
164' Pratt through truss

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over BNSF Railway

Significance: