GM&O Girder Bridge over US-40 - Kingdom City, MO
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 38° 56.969 W 091° 56.564
15S E 591616 N 4311702
This was US-40 under here before the divided highway was built, now called I-70.
Waymark Code: WM15XT1
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 03/19/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member pmaupin
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County of bridge: Callaway County
Location of overpass: Over Old US-40 (CR-226), Kingdom City
Design: Deck plate girder
Builder: American Bridge Company, New York
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 40.0 ft.
   Total length: 94.1 ft.
   Vertical clearance above deck: 13.1 ft.

The rail (tracks) are intact, but line is abandoned. Up in McCredie the tracks are paved over at the intersection with CR-240.
This line was the line of GM&O (Gulf, Mobile and Ohio) and also used by (KCS) Kansas City Southern Railway.

Original Use: Railroad

Date Built: 1933

Construction: Iron

Condition: Fair

See this website for more information: [Web Link]

Date Abandoned: 1997

Bridge Status - Orphaned or Adopted.: Orphaned
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