( Upper ) Midwestern where is it? (no photo, only clues) *Solved*

[Murphy Siding]

     Anyone else interested in supplying a where is it?  By my count, there were 13 posters involved in this and the other thread.Several of my fellow *map junkies* (and at least one *research junkie*), should be able to come up with some interesting where is its.  I have a few others I could work on.  I just need to do some research, so I don't end up looking like the fool I really am..  Anybody?

[Murphy Siding]

http://www.yanktonsd.com/product.cfm?cat_id=2&subcat_id=57&product_id=68  A view of the Meridian Bridge, Yankton, S.D.

[Murphy Siding]

So let’s get this straight

A bridge on the Missouri river south of Pierre and north of Sioux City, adjoining two states, built for railroad use but never used by one, and still in some form of use today. The city in question was served by Great Northern, Milwaukee Road, and Chicago North Western But they never used this bridge.

 

lets see……….. the Meridian Bridge Just South of Yankton, South Dakota

P.S. Sleep is highly over rated

Later  Bill

   Ding!  Ding!  We have a winner!!  The Meridian bridge was built in the 1920's, as a two-storey bridge, meant to have rails on the bottom level, autos on the top.  Trouble was, the bridge promoters could never get a railroad interested.

     Good job Trailryder.  You've earned yourself a nap.

 

 

 

[Trailryder]

So let’s get this straight

A bridge on the Missouri river south of Pierre and north of Sioux City, adjoining two states, built for railroad use but never used by one, and still in some form of use today. The city in question was served by Great Northern, Milwaukee Road, and Chicago North Western But they never used this bridge.

 

lets see……….. the Meridian Bridge Just South of Yankton, South Dakota

P.S. Sleep is highly over rated

 

Later Bill

 

[Trailryder]

Crofton, Nebraska?

 

[Murphy Siding]

Nicbrara, Nebraska?

 

     No.  That bridge is only 5-10 years old.  I can remember going accross the ferry to Niobrara when I was in college at Springfield, around 1980.

[Trailryder]

Nicbrara, Nebraska?

 

[Murphy Siding]

is the city in question south of Sioux City?

 

 

 

     Hey, you're up pretty early.

[Murphy Siding]

South Dakota would be at the north end and north Nebraska would be at the south end ?

     Yes.

[Murphy Siding]

is the city in question south of Sioux City?

 

 

 

     No. Not south of Sioux City.

[nanaimo73]

South Dakota would be at the north end and north Nebraska would be at the south end ?

[Trailryder]

is the city in question south of Sioux City?

 

 

 

[Murphy Siding]

Are the two ends in different States ?

     Yes.  Somebody's on the trail!

[nanaimo73]

Are the two ends in different States ?

[Murphy Siding]

Would it be a good bridge for you to use to visit Mookie ?

     Yes, it would be.

[Murphy Siding]

//throws another dart at the map

Mobridge?

     You're trying too hard.  Not Mobridge.  Trains have been crossing that bridge daily for probably 100 years, first Milwaukee Road, and now BNSF.

So Mobridge only has one bridge, eh?  I would have thought with a name like that they'd have mo' bridges.

//ba-dum-ching

     For what it's worth, the current railroad bridge is (I *think*) the third one in the same spot.  They just keep building  mo' and mo'.

[nanaimo73]

Would it be a good bridge for you to use to visit Mookie ?

[Murphy Siding]

Wynot, Nebraska?

p.s. thanks for keeping me up all night.

    No.  Not Wynot, Nebraska,  You're welcone!  Hope you slept in this morning.

[Murphy Siding]

Upstream from Pierre?

EDIT:  Last post for tonight, time for bed here.

     No. Not  upstream from Pierre.

[Murphy Siding]

Does a railroad cross the Missouri River within 100 miles of this bridge?

Yes

[blhanel]

//throws another dart at the map

Mobridge?

     You're trying too hard.  Not Mobridge.  Trains have been crossing that bridge daily for probably 100 years, first Milwaukee Road, and now BNSF.

So Mobridge only has one bridge, eh?  I would have thought with a name like that they'd have mo' bridges.

//ba-dum-ching

[Trailryder]

Wynot, Nebraska?

p.s. thanks for keeping me up all night.

[blhanel]

Upstream from Pierre?

EDIT:  Last post for tonight, time for bed here.

[Murphy Siding]

//throws another dart at the map

Mobridge?

     You're trying too hard.  Not Mobridge.  Trains have been crossing that bridge daily for probably 100 years, first Milwaukee Road, and now BNSF.

[blhanel]

//throws another dart at the map

Mobridge?

[Murphy Siding]

This shouldn't take long- not many towns with bridges over the Missouri in SD.

Pierre!

     Good guess, but not Pierre.  CNW built that bridge, and used it a lot.  DM&E owns it now and uses it almost daily.  The answer might be harder than you think.

[ericsp]

Does a railroad cross the Missouri River within 100 miles of this bridge?

[blhanel]

This shouldn't take long- not many towns with bridges over the Missouri in SD.

Pierre!

[Murphy Siding]

Chamberlain, SD.

     Not Chamberlain.  Oddly, the bridge of which I speak was built many, many years after the Milwaukee Road bridge at Chamberlain.  Sadly, I don't think the railroad bridge at Chamberlain has seen a train in quite a while, and may never see one again.