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[2] [3] the bridge is designed as a rare example of a K-Parker through truss bridge with camelback pony spans. [2] [4] The bridge consists of eight riveted K-truss through spans with two camelback pony truss spans at each end. [3] The Illinois Steel Bridge Company of Jacksonville, Illinois was subcontracted to fabricate the trusses.
Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere – Many photos of truss bridges are available on this informative and mainly truss-focused bridge website. Historic Bridges of Iowa – An illustrated list of different architectural bridge types found in Iowa, US. Many of these are truss bridges. Historic Bridges of the U.S. – An enormous database ...
The bridge featured an unusual truss configuration that is a hybrid of the Parker and K-Truss configurations. The bridge was replaced by a new concrete and box girder span that opened in November 2014, slightly delayed from its target completion date of August 2013 by conditions encountered in the construction of the replacement bridge footings.
The structure was originally designed by the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad using a K-truss style that is rarely used outside of the Great Plains. The high-level span passes feature several smaller approach segments on the river's eastern bank due to the width of the valley.
Pages in category "King post truss bridges in the United States" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Republican River Pegram Truss is a bridge located near Concordia, Kansas that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] It is a three-span through truss bridge over the Republican River on route 795, northeast of Concordia. The bridge was built in 1893 by the Edge Moor Bridge Works of Wilmington, Delaware.
These three bridges represent the evolution of 19th-century bridge design, and together were designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1987. [1] The 1878 iron truss bridge (also known as "Upper Bridge") sits on the Essex-Clinton county line, located south of the Keeseville village ...
The Cottonwood River Pratt Truss Bridge is a historic bridge which carries Main Street across the Cottonwood River in Cedar Point, Kansas, USA. The single-span Pratt truss bridge was built in 1916 by the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company. Locals proposed a bridge along a western extension of Main Street in 1914, but construction did not ...