Waddell "A" Truss Bridge (Parkville, Missouri)

The Waddell "A" Truss Bridge, also known as Linn Branch Creek Bridge, is a historic truss bridge located at Parkville, Platte County, Missouri. It was built in 1898.[2] It was designed by engineer John Alexander Low Waddell and is the subject of a U.S. patent, U.S. Patent 529,220.[3]

Waddell "A" Truss Bridge
LocationEnglish Landing Park, over Rush Cr., Parkville, Missouri
Coordinates39°11′9″N 94°40′55″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1898
ArchitectWaddell, John Alexander; Et al.
Architectural styleWaddell "A" truss, Other
NRHP reference No.90002173[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 25, 1991

Waddell went on to become a distinguished engineer of many lift-type bridges (which this is not).

The Waddell "A" Truss Bridge spanned the Linn Branch Creek, in Missouri, but was removed for the construction of Smithville Lake.

The bridge served rail traffic until 1939, and then road traffic for Missouri Hwy 4 from 1953–1980. It was dismantled in 1981 and moved to its current location at English Landing Park in Parkville, MO, in 1987.[4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

A second Waddell "A" Truss bridge spans the Cross Bayou in Shreveport, Louisiana. Now abandoned, the bridge once carried the Kansas City Southern Railway across the bayou. It has been listed on the National Register as Kansas City Southern Railroad Bridge, Cross Bayou and is recognized as a historic site by the City of Shreveport.[5]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. George F. W. Hauck, Gerald Lee Gilleard, and Steve Mitchell (August 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Waddell "A" Truss Bridge" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (includes 7 photographs from 1978 and 1987)
  3. Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. MO-8, "Waddell "A" Truss Bridge, Spanning Lin Branch Creek, Trimble, Clinton County, MO", 16 photos, 3 measured drawings, 9 data pages, 1 photo caption page
  4. Bridge's historical marker "Facts and Figures" plate
  5. Abandoned Rails of Shreveport


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