CanalPlanAC

Kansas City Southern Railroad Lift Bridge

 
Also known as: Alton Railroad Bridge
Grand Pass, IL 62361, United States of America
 
Information about the place
Kansas City Southern Railroad Lift Bridge is a minor waterways place on the Illinois Waterway (Illinois River) between Historic Route 66 Bridge (Illinois) (243.90 miles and 5 locks to the northeast) and Mississippi - Illinois Junction (Junction of the Mississippi River with the Illinois River ) (47.54 miles to the south).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Historic Route 66 Bridge (Illinois) is Florence Bridge; 13.36 miles away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Mississippi - Illinois Junction is Hardin Bridge; 22.83 miles away.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes a railway over the canal.

 
 
Amenities
 
Maps
If you are a user and are logged on, or if you are actively planning a route, a map will be displayed here.
Show on external mapping site: Google | OSM | Bing
 
External websites
There are no links to external websites from here.
Why not log in and add some (select "External websites" from the menu (sometimes this is under "Edit"))?
 
Nearest facilities

Mouseover for more information or show routes to facility

No information

CanalPlan has no information on any of the following facilities within range:
water point
rubbish disposal
chemical toilet disposal
place to turn
self-operated pump-out
boatyard pump-out
 
 
Geograph
 
Wikipedia

There is no page on Wikipedia called “Kansas City Southern Railroad Lift Bridge”

Wikipedia pages that might relate to Kansas City Southern Railroad Lift Bridge
[Steel Bridge] The Steel Bridge is a through truss, double-deck vertical-lift bridge across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States, opened in 1912. [List of bridges in the United States] Bellefontaine Railroad Bridge Liberty Bend Bridge, Kansas City MacArthur Bridge, St. Louis Mark Twain Memorial Bridge, Hannibal Martin Luther King Bridge, St. [List of defunct consumer brands] Bridge Company Illinois Southern Railway Illinois Terminal Railroad Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad Kansas City and Cameron Railroad Kansas City, [Topeka, Kansas] Kansa: tó ppí kʼé) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee [Swing bridge] railroad bridge with separate vertical-lift and swing trusses now part of rail-trail; swing span now manually operated State Hwy 87 northbound bridge [Waddell "A" Truss Bridge (Parkville, Missouri)] Register as Kansas City Southern Railroad Bridge, Cross Bayou, and is recognized as a historic site by the City of Shreveport. List of bridges documented [1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado] thunderstorms from southern Nebraska to central Texas. SPC analysis had detected the presence of a dry line that stretched from western Kansas into western [List of unused railways] of Kansas. Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad - took over the bankrupt Scott City Northern Railroad 1913, which had been opened from Scott City to [John Alexander Low Waddell] Lift-Bridge, Chicago, Illinois (1893) Waddell "A" Truss Bridge Parkville, Missouri (1898) (U.S. Patent 529,220) Kansas City Southern Railroad Bridge, [Louisville and Nashville Railroad] fourteen states. As one of the premier Southern railroads, the L&N extended its reach far beyond its namesake cities, stretching to St. Louis, Memphis, Atlanta
 
Google

Results of Google Search

Open House - Neches River Bridge
Oct 21, 2015 ... The primary east-west rail corridor through the City of Beaumont includes the ... the region, the Neches River rail bridge, a single track vertical lift span bridge owned and operated by the Kansas City Southern (KCS) Railway.
KCS - Neches River Lift Bridge - Bridgehunter.com
Railroad: - Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS); Design: The bridge has a horizontal clearance of 200 feet and a vertical clearance of 13 feet when closed and ...
Neches River Bridge Feasibility Study
operated by the Kansas City Southern (KCS) Railroad which shares operating rights across ... the railroad lift bridge is raised in order to allow river traffic to pass .
John Alexander Low Waddell - Wikipedia
John Alexander Low Waddell was an American civil engineer and prolific bridge designer, with more than a thousand structures to his credit in the United States, Canada, as well as Mexico, Russia, China, Japan, and New Zealand. Waddell's work set standards for elevated railroad systems and helped ... One of his most notable works is the ASB Bridge in Kansas City Missouri.
Kansas City Southern | US & Cross-border Railroad - Home Page
Railway freight shipping offers economical alternatives virtually anywhere in ... KCS Promotes Adam J. Godderz to Senior Vice President-Chief Legal Officer and  ...
Kansas City Southern v. Port of Corpus Christi Authority, 305 S.W.3d ...
Dec 10, 2009 ... Read the full text of Kansas City Southern v. ... Tule Lake Lift Bridge and railroad trackage located thereon without payment of any rental or fee.
US & Cross-border Railroad - Contact Us - Kansas City Southern
Learn more about calling to the U.S. and Mexico. About KCS; Careers; Customers; Employees; Investor Relations; Media; Property; Suppliers; Web Master ...
Railroads employ new, old approaches to strengthen bridges
A vertical lift bridge has distinct advantages, especially for heavy-rail use, said ... Is: BNSF, CN, CSX, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern Railway and UP.
Mississippi River Crossings - Trains Magazine - Trains News Wire ...
The 7 abandoned crossings consisted of 4 swing spans, 1 lift bridge, and two floating ... Bridge #8 was built by the Mississippi, Hill City and Western Railway Co. probably in 1910. ... It is now Gateway Western, a part of Kansas City Southern.
txrrhistory.com - Interlocking Tower 211 - Texas Railroad History
To permit the passage of large ships, a Bascule bridge was erected which had about ... with the Texas Mexican Railway, owned by Kansas City Southern (KCS).