Wabash Bridge (St. Charles, Missouri)
| Wabash Bridge | |
|---|---|
| File:Wabash-bridge-missouri.jpg | |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Carries | Norfolk Southern Railway |
| Crosses | Missouri River |
| Locale | St. Louis County and St. Charles County in Missouri |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cantilevered Through Truss Bridge |
| History | |
| Opened | 1936 |
The Wabash Bridge carries a single track railroad from St. Louis County to the city of St. Charles. It is positioned next to the Discovery Bridge. It is used by the freight trains of Norfolk Southern Railway.
History
The current Wabash Bridge, built in 1936, replaced an older bridge of the same name that was built about half a mile upstream. The original Wabash Bridge, built in 1871, was the first bridge in St. Charles County.
In 1884, the Montana, a large steamboat, collided with the first Wabash Bridge. The Montana's remains lie to this date on the St. Louis County side of the Missouri River near the site of the first Wabash Bridge.
See also
References
- Waymarking - A scavenger hunt for unique and interesting locations in the world
- Historic Bridges of the United States | St. Charles County, Missouri
|
Crossings of the Missouri River
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
||||
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This article about a bridge in Missouri is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Pages with broken file links
- Pages using deprecated coordinates format
- Railroad bridges in Missouri
- Bridges in St. Louis County, Missouri
- Bridges in St. Charles County, Missouri
- Truss bridges
- Cantilever bridges
- Norfolk Southern Railway bridges
- Wabash Railroad
- Midwestern United States bridge (structure) stubs
- Missouri building and structure stubs
- Missouri transportation stubs
