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Rebuilding the BNSF Railroad Bridge
The Route 45 Bridge over the tracks of the Burlington Northern Railroad near Weston is a five-span bridge.
This structure consists of a single long-span, riveted plate through girder, flanked by four steel stringer approach spans, with the superstructure supported by concrete piers and abutments. The contractor completed the structure for $41,672.55. Since that time each bridge has functioned in place, with only minor maintenance-related repairs.
This bridge is being replaced in a similar time frame as the Bear Creek Bridge, which is part of the Safe & Sound program. Making repairs would have been costly and would require limitations on each bridge. Continued maintenance would not be able to address the larger loads using this route. The best use for taxpayers’ money and the safest alternative is for MoDOT to make plans to replace each bridge while minimizing the impacts to the drivers as much as possible.
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