Katy Bridge reopening celebrated during Boonville ceremony - Columbia Daily Tribune | Columbia Missouri: Local News

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When the last train crossed the MKT Railroad bridge at Boonville in May 1986, Dennis Huff was the engineer and he called his friend Wayne Lammers to record it.

The five-minute video explores the 1932 bridge and shows the 408-foot lift span in the up position, then cuts to the locomotive, with Huff hanging his arm out the window, as it approaches and passes. The 16 tanker, gondola and hopper cars pass within a few inches of the camera lens.

On Saturday, Huff, Lammers and hundreds of others from Boonville and beyond returned to the bridge to celebrate its resurrection as part of the Katy Trail State Park.

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Katy Bridge reopening celebrated during Boonville ceremony - Columbia Daily Tribune | Columbia Missouri: Local News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daUVUQWdufs

Preservation of the MKT Bridge at Boonville and incorporation of the bridge as part of the Katy Trail has long been an issue that we have worked to support. The city of Boonville, the Katy Bridge Coalition, Governor Nixon, and many others involved in acquiring and preserving the bridge have done an amazing job in turning this story around since 2005, when it appeared the bridge was set for removal and destruction.

History and progress on this issue over the past years:

http://mobikefed.org/taxonomy/term/4001

Friends of the Katy Bridge website:

http://www.katybridgefriends.org/