Bridge Hunter indicates that UP, not BNSF, now owns this former CB&Q Bridge. (Update: This was a Rock Island route, not a CB&Q route. But CB&Q probably had trackage rights on it to connect their routes that were on both sides of the river. See more information at the bottom of these notes.)
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| Angela Kay O'Steen Hewins posted RR Bridge across Missouri River at St Joseph MO. Charisse Hewins Deschenes Photo credit to Reed Foley[Taken when the 2019 flood was breaking records set in 2011.] |
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| Matthew Wong [It looks like the river was high in May 2007 also.] |
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| Street View, Apr 2018 [Does the river normally run high or did the Street View camera also catch it at a rather high level. John Marvig's photos in Bridge Hunter show five layers of concrete above water in his Sept. 2016 photos.] |
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| Photo by Mark Frazier from Bridge Hunter, July 2011
From the U.S. 36 Bridge - Flood of 2011
Water nearly at the low steel of the bridge.
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| At Mark Frazier's posted resolution |
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| Janelle Pendleton Embrey posted To my friends not from the Midwest, you might keep us in your prayers here in Missouri. This is the train bridge over the Missouri River. The levee's are breaking to the north and south of us and at this rate will top them within hours. Janelle Pendleton Embrey 59 is shut down from Atchison to Rushville. The levee breached. Ben Burtnett elwood is being evacatured Janelle Pendleton Embrey The river has officially hit 30 foot. Amy Cline-Shelton 30.96' at 12:30. [3/22/2019] |
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| Charles Greatone Danback commented on Janelle's post |
Two of the photos posted by Jeff Wojciechowski.
Connor Leon Pack Who uses the line now?
Jeff Wojciechowski Connor Leon Pack the trackage in Atchison is all Union Pacific now.
Bob Franke The track is out on the east side of the bridge, a victim of the 2011 Missouri River flood.
Chris Marcie Cottrell I think originally it was a CB&Q branch off the Q’s mainline over on the Missouri side.
<Dec 2023 update>
Connor Leon Pack Who uses the line now?
Jeff Wojciechowski Connor Leon Pack the trackage in Atchison is all Union Pacific now.
Bob Franke The track is out on the east side of the bridge, a victim of the 2011 Missouri River flood.
Chris Marcie Cottrell I think originally it was a CB&Q branch off the Q’s mainline over on the Missouri side.
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| Jeff commented on Chris Marcie Cottrell's comment (" think originally it was a CB&Q branch off the Q’s mainline over on the Missouri side.") on Jeff's post |
<Dec 2023 update>
The route across this bridge wa not owned by the CB&Q. Other sources indicated Rock Island had it. But it makes sense that CB&Q had trackage rights over it. The CB&Q route on the west side of the river was abandoned in 1933.
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| 1902 CB&Q via Dennis DeBruler |
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