- Wabash Bridge
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bridge_name= Wabash Bridge
caption= The Wabash Bridge looking southeast
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carries= 1 track ofNorfolk Southern
crosses=Mississippi River
locale=Hannibal, Missouri andIllinois
maint=Norfolk Southern Railway
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design= 5 Truss spans with Vertical lift over main channel
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coordinates= coord|39|43|27|N|91|21|44|W|region:US_type:landmark
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long=The Wabash Bridge carries rail lines across the
Mississippi River betweenHannibal, Missouri andIllinois .History
It has been a vertical
lift bridge since 1994, but it was originally constructed as a swing span. The vertical lift span was relocated from a bridge over theTennessee River atFlorence, Alabama to increase the width of the navigational channel. During a three day outage, the previous span was removed and the replacement span was installed to minimize impact to traffic. Originally constructed for theWabash Railroad , currently owned byNorfolk Southern Railway .May 3 ,1982 a 250-foot truss span was struck by the towboat "Northern King" and collapsed into the river, closing the river to traffic for 9 hours. The tug lost power to one of its three engines while pushing 12 grain-filled barges in heavy current and struck the span knocking it into the river, entangling the tug and several barges. 3 barges broke loose and drifted downstream, missing Mark Twain Memorial Bridge. The bridge was owned by Norfolk and Western and the span was repaired. [United Press International. Barge Rams Miss. Bridge, Blocking River Traffic.May 3 ,1982 .] [Associated Press. River Traffic Back To Normal After Barge Accident.May 4 ,1982 .]Gallery
References
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List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River External links
* [http://www.hanmo.com/history.html Hannibal's History]
* [http://www.americanbridge.net/projects/struct/detail.php?jobnum=P203BR American Bridge projects - Hannibal]
* [http://www.modjeski.com/projects/servproj/hannibal.htm Modjeski Projects - Hannibal]Crossings navbox
structure = Bridges
place =Mississippi River
bridge = Wabash Bridge
bridge signs =
upstream =Quincy Memorial Bridge
upstream signs = East
downstream =Mark Twain Memorial Bridge
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