BridgeHunter also included this HAER, but that is of a bridge in Nebraska, not Missouri!
HistoricBridges rates this bridge as 9/10 national and 10/10 locally. It is one of the few bridges left that was designed by George Morison, who Nathan calls "one of the greatest engineers in American history...who built some of the first major river, long-span metal truss bridges in America. Visit the Frisco Bridge page to learn more about Morison."
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| HAER MO,95-SALU.V,1--3 3. EAST WEB, SHOWING PIERS AND SHORELINE; VIEW TO NORTH - Bellefontaine Bridge, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO |
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| HAER MO,95-SALU.V,1--31zzz 31. Photocopy of historic photograph, photographer unknown, date unknown. TRAIN PASSING THROUGH SPAN AT NORTH END OF BRIDGE |
Only two of the four cut-stone piers have needed reinforcement so far.
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| Street View, Jul 2022 |
The approach on the north side is a viaduct over a flood plain. According to a comment by Al Bertram on BridgeHunter, it was rebuilt and the piers were capped around 2014.
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| Street View, Oct 2022 |
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| Street View, May 2013 |
This view shows that the flood plain does get wet.
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| Street View, Jul 2015 Aug 2019 and Jan 2022 also have standing water in the field. |
Given that the river was high in Jul 2015, I went back and got a view of the main channel back then.
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| Street View, Jul 2015 |
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| safe_image for 1893: A Newly Built Railroad Bridge in Missouri Passes a Crucial Test Photo Credit: Library of Congress "The Bellefontaine Bridge was one of the first bridges to incorporate what is known as the Baltimore truss design." |
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| pdf, p 6 via archive via BridgeHunter The Bellefontaine Bridge: a report to Charles E. Perkins, president of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad [published 1894] |
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