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Chicago Central & Pacific Railroad Bridge

photo of bridge, taken on the bridge and looking straight across it
on back of photo:
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Chicago Central & Pacific
Swing-span bridge
Missouri River west of CB

Chicago Central & Pacific dual span swing bridge over the Missouri River west of Council Bluffs has been battered by elements and attacked by vandals but still provides steady service for daily trains. In the summer river navigation season, the…

Today...the bridge has dwindled in use. It is now a single track bridge used exclusively for river crossing of five or six freight trains a day. No pedestrian or auto traffic use the bridge. Only half of the bridge floor is floored with railroad…

Today...fast trains use the modern steel Union Pacific Railroad Bridge at approximately the same location. The bridge is above the reach of high water and boats pass underneath as they travel both up and down the deeper Missouri River.