Tunnel: (
Satellite)
The town as preserved the
Katy depot as its city hall.
In the center of the bridge, through the railing, you can see the plate girders of the main span.
Alex Thomas
posted four photos with the comment:
BUILDING A RAILROAD TUNNEL AT ROCHEPORT MO, CIRCA 1890
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway network—the KATY Lines—completed a tunnel at Rocheport, Mo., in 1892, beside the Missouri River.
Today the tunnel remains as a feature of the Katy Trail State Park across Missouri, for hiking and bicycling.
"Located in Rocheport, this short tunnel carries the Katy Trail under Moniteau Bluff ... a 243-foot structure, blasted through rock," reports John Marvig, photographer/preservationist of railroad bridges in America.
"Work for the tunnel was contracted to the R.P. McCormick & Company of Kansas City, Missouri. The structure was originally intended to be 440-feet long, but was shortened due to the nature of the bluff."
"The walls of the tunnel are lined with cut stone, and brick has been added to portions of the ceiling at the west end to stabilize the tunnel. This tunnel is the only tunnel along the Katy Trail."
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Lyndel Morrow, Mar 2020
[I assume the photo was uploaded in 2020, not taken.] |
It looks like there is a truss bridge still left somewhere on the Katy Trail.
There is a big cut on the west side.
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| Postcard via BridgeHunter |
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Photo by James Baughn via BridgeHunter
This 1942 deck girder bridge replaced the truss after it was destroyed by a derailment. |
"This bridge has new abutments and a new concrete deck." [Garrett comment on ArchivedBridgeHunter]
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| 2016 photo by John Marvig via BridgeHunter |
I saw some photos of signs that indicated that the trail was closed because of flooding.
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| 1952/53 Rocheport Quad @ 24,000 |
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