Sunday, July 20, 2025

1879+1900 KCS/GM&O Bridges over Missouri River at Glasgow, MO

1900: (Archived Bridge Hunter, broken link; Bridge HunterHistoric Bridges; Satellite)

The truss bridge no longer exists for the road.
Street View, Jun 2008

BridgeHunter_1879

BridgeHunter_1879

2016 Photo by John Marvig via BridgeHunter_1900

I presume the approach deck trusses are newer because they are not pin-connected like the through trusses.
Street View, Jan 2016

2016 Photo by John Marvig via BridgeHunter_1900

2016 Photo by John Marvig via BridgeHunter_1900

MoDOT photo via HistoricBridges

"Two deck trusses were replaced in 1993 by modern beams due to flooding." [Historic Bridges]
Street View, Jul 2024

This is the post that motivated these notes.
Mike Heying posted
River is back to a calm after the MR340...

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