The bridge was built by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad[2] and is now owned and operated by BNSF Railway. New Jersey Steel and Iron Company of Trenton, New Jersey, served as the contractor for the original construction, and George S. Morison designed the structure. Notably, the bridge was one of the first to use a Baltimore truss design; the nearby Merchants Bridge (also designed by Morison) used a Pennsylvania through truss design and had opened just a few years prior.[3] The truss spans are found on masonry piers, which were constructed atop caissons founded into bedrock below the river.[1]
The structure is the last railroad structure over the Missouri River before its confluence with the Mississippi River.
^"The Bellefontaine Bridge: a report to Charles E. Perkins, president of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad by George S. Morison, chief engineer of the Bellefontaine Bridge". Library of Congress. Washington, D.C. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
bellefontaine, bridge, four, span, truss, railroad, bridge, over, missouri, river, between, charles, county, missouri, louis, county, missouri, four, foot, spans, construction, started, july, 1892, bridge, opened, december, 1893, from, west, bridge, built, chi. The Bellefontaine Bridge is a four span truss 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 the bridge opened on December 27 1893 1 Bellefontaine Bridge from the west The bridge was built by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad 2 and is now owned and operated by BNSF Railway New Jersey Steel and Iron Company of Trenton New Jersey served as the contractor for the original construction and George S Morison designed the structure Notably the bridge was one of the first to use a Baltimore truss design the nearby Merchants Bridge also designed by Morison used a Pennsylvania through truss design and had opened just a few years prior 3 The truss spans are found on masonry piers which were constructed atop caissons founded into bedrock below the river 1 The structure is the last railroad structure over the Missouri River before its confluence with the Mississippi River See also editList of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Missouri List of crossings of the Missouri RiverReferences edit a b Guarino Madlyn 2016 Innovative Bridge Foundations Reduce Track Outage BNSF Bellefontaine Bridge Bellefontaine Missouri PDF American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association The Bellefontaine Bridge a report to Charles E Perkins president of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad by George S Morison chief engineer of the Bellefontaine Bridge Library of Congress Washington D C Retrieved 2020 05 29 Bellefontaine Bridge johnmarvigbridges org Retrieved 2020 05 29 External links editHistoric American Engineering Record HAER No MO 26 Bellefontaine Bridge Saint Louis Independent City MO 31 photos 2 photo caption pages Bridgehunter com profile 38 50 36 N 90 14 11 W 38 8433 N 90 2365 W 38 8433 90 2365 nbsp This article about a specific rail bridge in the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a bridge in Missouri is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bellefontaine Bridge amp oldid 1193780042, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
