Alton Bridge
The Alton Bridge was a railroad bridge that carried the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy (later Burlington Northern) across the Mississippi River between West Alton, Missouri, and Alton, Illinois. It was located upriver from, and parallel to, the Old Clark Bridge. The bridge was built between 1892 and 1894 and was removed shortly after the line was abandoned in 1988. With a total length of , it consisted of eight through-truss segments—six Pratt trusses, one Pennsylvania truss, and one pivot-swinging truss.
Q1071790
Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy
ORG
Q1016648
Burlington Northern
ORG
Q1497
Mississippi River
LOC
Q960205
West Alton, Missouri
LOC
Q443852
Alton, Illinois
LOC
Q7083701
Old Clark Bridge
PER
None
through-truss
UNK
Q158218
Pratt truss
Concept
None
Pennsylvania truss
UNK
Q950431
pivot-swinging
Concept
Q27957926
Alton Bridge
LOC
1892-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1892
DATE
1894-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1894
DATE
1988-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1988
DATE
carries
crosses
location
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
located in or next to body of water