GM&O Girder Bridge over US-40 - Kingdom City, MO
Posted by: 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: WMX1FX
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2017
Views: 1
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.