Katy Trail Bridge Restoration Plan Boonville Missouri Old Union Pacific Crossing

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Katy Bridge is on the Right Track to Restoration
 by ; Amy Perry
www.KOMU.com
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BOONVILLE - A rusty Union Pacific railroad bridge that connects the Katy Trail will be under new control after the Boonville City Council meeting Tuesday night. The former owner, Union Pacific Corp. has agreed to give the bridge to the city of Boonville. The city's Save the Katy Bridge Coalition hopes to convert it for use by hikers, bikers and Katy Trail State Park goers.

The train was built in 1932 and hasn't carried a train in a couple of decades. This is why Union Pacific wanted to tear it down to reuse the steel.

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