Bridge was replaced before 09/15/07
Bridge was replaced before 09/15/07
Does have a wood floor, but isn't "through". Lattice Bowstring.
This bridge has been replaced.
Replaced prior to 9/15/07
Beautiful bridge in remote setting. Interesting on top. What is that piece in the middle sticking out & up? Kind of looks like a lightning rod. 9/15/07
9/15/07
Road is closed, bridge is gone. 9/15/07.
9/15/07
09/15/07 Short arch bridge. Sorry photo is into the sun.
09/15/07
9/15/07 - Also nice railroad bridge right next to it.
I think the contractor on the sub-structure of this bridge was Al Johnson, a Minneapolis contractor that went out of business in the early 90's.
The bridge shown in the color photograph is of the Upper bridge, not the Middle bridge. The upper bridge was built by Joe Dice, the Middle bridge was not. I first drove across both bridges in 1954, having grown up in Warsaw and walked overe both many times. The black and white photographs at the tip are of the Middle bridge. The upper bridge was on State Highway #35, later State highway #7. When going to college I worked on the Osage river for six years in the summers and ate lunch under the bridge shown in the color photograph many times.
This is the Hackberry Bridge over the Osage River, a toll bridge. It was just east of Warsaw, Benton County, Missouri, The south end of the bridge was tied onto what is now White Branch Resort. The north end is lost, but located near the Warsaw sewage lagoon. Fifty years ago you could still see where the south end was tied onto the bluff.
Date of photo's 9/10/07
Approx GPS N37 29.239, W092 24.299
Photo 1- Looking West with signs
Photo 2- Looking West closer
Photo 3- Looking East
Photo 4- Looking East closer
Photo 5- Looking South/West
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Date of photo's 9/10/07
Approx GPS N37 35.564, W092 21.449
Photo 1- Looking north
Photo 2- Looking south
Photo 3- North side approach ramp
Photo 4- Looking South/west
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Date of photo's 9/10/07
Approx GPS N37 34.512, W 092 28.605
Most noteworthy is that bridge is closed. Local mail carrier stated that it had been closed in April and that it had made the mail route most inconvienient to run. She states that there is talk of replacement and talk of repair,but apparently no funds for either at the moment. Beautiful bridge, hard to photo due to trees.
Sign at north end proclaimed 6 ton limit prior to closing. Deck is rotten with no obvious structural damage.
Photo 1- Looking north
Photo 2- Looking north west (as road approach)
Photo 3- General deck condition
Photo 4- Looking south
Photo 5- Looking south/east
Photo 6- Decking near north end
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Photo's taken 9/10/07
Approx GPS is N37 32.179, W 092 35.362
Photo 1- looking east and weight sign
Photo 2- Looking East-Too much traffic to get any closer
Photo 3- Looking West
Photo 4- Plaque
Photo 5- Structure-extremelly limited side view access, this is best I could do.
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This bridge is scheduled to be replaced between 2008-13!
Here is a photo after construction.
Great pictures! it would be really nice if you could post approximately how old the bridge is.
This is a later version of an earlier bridge
Pictures taken 9/03/07
Pictures taken 9/09/07
http://nwanews.com/nwat/News/57082/
All that's being said right now is "closed indefinitely".
Latest notice is that this bridge is closed. Permanent or temporary, who knows?
This bridge was designed and built by my great-grandfather, James R. Gemmill of Sharpsville, PA.
I had the pleasure of seeing it and walking on it last month.
This bridge was actually built ca1923. It has at least four Parker spans with two pony approach spans on the south side and on the north I'm not sure because I didn't walk it. It is an incredibly neat bridge with some length. This would be a great bridge to restore and preserve. It would be a shame to let it go too far gone.
The Clay Wade Baily(road) Bridge is parallel or attached to the east side of this railroad bridge. It is a regular cantaleiver like the Brent Spence and is three lanes controlled by lane signals. It was built ca1975 to replace an earlier bridge.
This appears to be a two-span Warren pony truss bridge. It is commonly called the Jasmine Road bridge. It is scheduled for replacement by Bridge 77534.
They've just recently lowered the weight limit from 22 tons, to 11 tons, citing structural concerns for very heavy trucks.
This bridge is known as the B. B. Comer bridge and is scheduled by the Alabama Department of Transportation for replacement. Construction on the new bridge, which is similar to that of the newer structure built in the 1980s and slightly upriver from it, is to begin soon (around 2008). The old bridge originally carried two-way traffic and now carries only two-lanes of eastbound traffic of Alabama Highway 35 while the newer bridge carries the two-lanes of westbound traffic.
Dennis Lambert
Bridgeport, Alabama
Randy -- I would bet the bridge over nothing, as you described it (sounds like you are describing a mid-to-late-1960's time frame) was the old Missouri River bridge, which by then only crossed the old (likely mostly dried up) river channel. I'd love to see a picture of that old bridge and/or get information on when it was built/torn down. From the location and direction of Old 291 (still around today) to the north of the old channel, it's clear that the old bridge was located immediately to the west of the current 291 twin bridges over the old channel.
Construction of a new bridge began in July of 2007. The new bridge, known as the "Discovery Bridge" in honor of Lewis and Clark will be built two blocks west of the current bridge. This new bridge will provide a better alignment for US 81 and large trucks will not longer need to navigate two sharp turns in Yankton. Supposedly, the old bridge may be converted into use as a pedestrian bridge.
Too bad they have to demolish such a magnificent bridge. I would think that they would make something of a park out of it for pedestrians.
Has been completely demolished.
Some of the dimensions reported for this bridge look incorrect to me. I measure the total length of the bridge as 251ft, rather than 126.9ft. If the term 'main span length' means the width of the two arches plus the width of the center pier, the length is 134.7ft, rather than 57.1ft.
I maintain a web page on the bridge and am involved in a restoration effort as well.
See http://home.comcast.net/~g.k.evans/index.html
G R Evans
This bridge was moved to the Mena sports complex.
I think these type of trusses are fascinating but hard to photograph. I had to climb on trusses of a deck pratt truss to get awesome pics[#5718 kettle river MN] These are great pics!!!! Watch for #5718 pics!!!
A few updated photos taken on 9-7-07. The builders plates on either end have started to crack since the AHTD photos were taken in 03. Won't be long before they shatter and fall into the creek piece by piece.
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I remember as a kid going to my uncles house in Independance crossing the first bridge over nothing and then the one over the Missouri River...I think Im right,I was just a kid then and Im 50 now, but the one was took out sometime ago before the wider twin was built.
TEAR THAT BRIDGE DOWN. IT'S A DEATH TRAP.
How sad it is when we forget these beautiful bridges.I like nothing better than to spend a day down on ours and help out the DOT by cleaning up litter then sit on the walkway and meditate.
How sad for this poor little bridge,and bridgefreaks everywhere.
What a beautiful bridge! I love it!!!!
This is quite similar to the beam railraod bridge within several feet next to sandstone's deck pratt truss bridge. There isn't a girder on it, however it has a fascinating history!!! It was made with only rail on the deck to allow large loads of mined sandstone slabs to be hauled and is still used today though the trains crawl across it verrry sloowwly!! This is how sandstone,mn got it's name and beautiful qaurry and river scenery! Watch for pics!!!
Visited this bridge 9-7-07. I have a photo of where a builders plate used to be. Looks like it shattered due to rust buildup underneath and fell off a long time ago. Also have a shot of the conveyor belt material on the deck that Fred mentioned. Also have one panorama side view shot.
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The bridge that replaced the old Lake Rhea Bridge 2007.
Prior to destruction
PLEASE ANSWER IF YOU CAN. WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME HURRICANE DECK ? THANK YOU.
Finaly!! thanks to whoever sent this pic!!!! I live 2 miles from a deck pratt truss[# 5718 kettle river bridge,Sandstone MN] I have been looking for a pic similar to my bridge. It is a single deck with a well formed arch and BEAUTIFUL river scenery. I plan on sending a pic asap as this is a must see!!! I walk on it and spend hrs enjoying the view!! PS it's rating is 78.6 and it is well preseved!
These are my favorite type of bridge!!! I have a hard time finding them in MN [most of our bridges are being replaced!!] and realy appreciate pictures of them!! Thank you for such a beautiful picture!!!
I think this is a wonderful example of an open spandrel bridge! We have one just like it in minneapolis[10th ave bridge] right next to 35w. It was given a rating of 7!!! Thanx for the pic!!!
Photo taken Sept. 7, 2007
Photo taken Sept. 7, 2007
Photo taken Sept. 7, 2007
Photo Taken Sept 7, 2007. I believe that the approximate latitude, longitude is +41.887450 -87.629520
Photo taken Sept. 7, 2007.
Photo taken Sept. 7, 2007
Photo taken Sept. 7, 2007. This bridge was having some work done to it.
I was fortunate enough to work on the navigation lights under the deck of this bridge for MDOT (MHTD back then). What I remember most about this bridge is the amount of glass and mirror fragments that lined the catwalk below the roadway. Many trucks lost their side mirrors to the trusses of this narrow bridge including a dump truck whose mirror struck a beam just above where I was working. The noise of the impact and shattering glass while suspended above the river nearly scared me to death.
The width of the deck was so narrow that local authorities had to block oncoming traffic each time a truck with a wide load needed to cross.
I like this bridge!!!! it reminds me of my daily walks across our 450ft pratt truss arch bridge[similar to this one]! nice work guys!!!!
Looking at this bridge makes our "bouncing" steel arch [deck pratt truss] seem ALOT safer and less scary!!! PS I rather enjoy the bouncing!!!!
The bridge has been torn down much to the dismay of my family. We have lived on Lake Rhea Road for many years now and that bridge has been a part of our daily lives. What I want to know is if you have any information about the 2 previous locations of that bridge. There are 2 other places on our property where that same bridge was functioning. One is rather modern looking concrete pillars, but the first site has large rock pillars. I would dearly love to get all the information about this site. My dad, "Eugene Robertson" rebuilt his side of the bridge column several years ago. He used the same rocks that collapsed into the creek over the years. No one knows when this bridge site was constructed. It has been said that that site was the only way people could get to Cullman. Can you provide any information about it? I will go today and take some photos for you to see and also provide a map to see where the other 2 sites are located with respect to the current site.
Old Highway 81 alignment bridge
When I was a teenager, in the late 1960s, we used to fly across this bridge in our cars late at night to the road on the other side. We crossed this thing with pickup trucks, hot rods, and believe it or not, the butane truck routinely crossed it delivering gas. It made a terrible racket when one crossed it, even then. When I look at it now, it scares me to death to think about crossing it with wild teenage boys, who sometimes had been drinking, and who were almost always driving too fast!
This bridge is fucking haunted!! My friends and I went down there around midnight and we saw a fucking ghost! IT was a man standing at the far end of the bridge clear as day! He was staring straight at us, and then he started walking toward us and we all freaked and ran for our lives! Whatever you do don't go alone and turn your car around BEFORE you go on the bridge! That way you can escape faster!!
If this bridge still exists, the description makes it sound like a long bridge.
Name: Arrigoni Bridge
Won an award for its looks.
Name: East Haddam Bridge
(route 82)
If this is the bridge I think it is, just downstream from the Arrigoni Bridge, it's NOT open to traffic. On Wikipedia, it's known as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_%26_Worcester_railroad_bridge
I WANTED TO KNOW FROM BRIDGE TO THE WATER, HOW MANT FEET IT IS DOWNWARD? I KNOW ITS A LONG WAY DOWN. NOT THE LITTLE CLAYS FERRY BRIDGE, BUT THE I-75 BRIDGE GOING ACROSS THE KENTUCKY RIVER. JUST CURIOUS, THANK YOU
Bridge road name has changed. Bridge is on 492nd St, sign right on the south end of it is fairly new. Bridge is East and slightly north of the other Little Blue Creek bridge posted. To find it on a map, Delorme and Garmin call the East/West road 1386N and the North/South road that the bridge is actually on 1415E. By road signs which appear fairly new, the East/West road is 240th ST, the North/South road is 492nd ST. Delorme does not show the 240th St connecting with 492nd ST, Garmin does. Approaching from the west on 240th there is a sign warning that the roads ends ahead, yet it goes through and there is no sign proclaiming the end. It is a rough road that dips and crosses through Little Blue Creek. Coming from the North on 492nd ST, there are no signs claiming an end. In the very corner where the two roads meet there is a fairly new road sign, for what it is worth.
Bridge is eesentially in a farmers field and probably used mainly for tractors to get from one field to another. They were cutting cornstalks and blowing them into a truck while we were there, using the bridge to drive the truck over and turn around at a gate to head back and align with the tractor for another pass down the field.
GPS N39 36.040 W090 37.405
Date photo's 9/1/07
Photo 32 Looking north with truck coming to turn around
Photo 33 Plaque
Photo 34 Looking South-roadsign in center in background
Photo 35 Looking South/East
Photo 36 Load limit sign on approach from the west
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Road names are funny (strange). Must have renamed them since my Delorme map came out. My current Garmin doesn't show this road. Delorme calls it Riverview Drive from one end to the other. Actual signs at the south end of the bridge calls the east/west section 412N. Cross the bridge, then the railroad tracks to the north and a sign calls the road Bluff Road, which signs support all the way to the north end.
Bridge is located just north of Hwy 100
I should mention that there is a very interesting rail bridge over the Illinois River just east of this bridge, but it appears to be hard to access, unless in a boat.
GPS at south end is N39 27.445 W090 37.172
Date photo's 9/1/07
Photo 18 approach from south (heading east/north) on 412N
Photo 19 looking North
Photo 20 Plaques, white paint damage from graffiti?
Photo 23 Heading south
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This bridge is almost as bad as the Brent Spence Bridge in Cincinnati but not that old. A Twin Structure ought to be built parallel to this one.
Here are some views of the BNSF swing bridge at Fort Madison, Iowa showing most of the overall length, a shot looking from Iowa towards Illinois of the roadway and superstructure and a couple of shots in the open position. This is the largest double deck road/rail swing bridge in North America.
Another great old bridge. My wife really liked this one over Kingfisher Creek.
This old bridge has definetly seen better days, but she is still alot of fun to drive on. One lane over a swift moving Cimarron will get your heart pumping.
I am pretty sure this is the bridge you are describing. My wife and I visited this bridge in May 2007. We had to walk north about half a mile from County Road E0760 to get to it. The approach was partially washed away, and the decking was in pretty bad shape. It was once a beautiful bridge. It was kind of sad to see it rotting away.
From the description of this bridge(location, spans, length, and year built), it sounds alot like the DUNBAR COVERED BRIDGE. I don't know of any metal bridges like this around here. Visiting the bridge years ago I thought there was too much traffic racing around the corner flying through and almost a collision too. The bridge needs to be bypassed or heavily strengthened and controlled by signals. Sorry if I'm wrong about what bridge this is.
save this bridge. they are planning to tear it down and replace it!!!!
how was this bridge made obsolete?? taking berry road north from bonne terre to access side roads such as primrose and silver springs road, is much safer than taking 67 norh and crossing over the highway,playing chicken with the on coming cars. i beleive that this bridge should be maintained and safe at all times ,and not thought as an unused road because to those who want to be safe like to think that the option will always be avaible. i could understand closing the bridge only if our highway 67 was a proper highway and had safe on and off ramps.
Pictures taken 9-2-2007
Bridge needs some work
Preservation Ohio has placed the Orange Road Bridge on its "2007 Ohio's Most Endangered Historic Sites" list. http://ohiosmostendangered.squarespace.com/welcome/
Delaware County Engineer Chris Bauserman closed the bridge until further notice on Aug. 29, 2007. With millions of sales tax dollars earmarked for road and bridge maintenance in Delaware County over the past decade, Mr. Bauserman has allowed the bridge to deteriorate and, since 2002, he has refused to apply for federal funds potentially available due to the bridge's National Register status. This is in spite of the fact that this bridge is located along a State Scenic Byway, over a State Scenic River, and is on the National Register for its state and local historic significance.
With the support of 5 local and 4 statewide organizations, Project SOUL (Save Our Unique Landmark) continues its efforts to preserve this bridge as recommended by the Liberty Township Comprehensive Land Use Plan: in its current location and use as a vehicular bridge.
If you want to help save this NR bridge, please email me the following message: "I/we believe the Liberty Township Comprehensive Land Use Plan should prevail with regard to the Orange Road Bridge Project in the Olentangy Heritage Corridor Scenic Byway."
Thank you.
Preservation Ohio has placed the Orange Road Bridge on its "2007 Ohio's Most Endangered Historic Sites" list: http://ohiosmostendangered.squarespace.com/west-orange-road-bridge/
Delaware County Engineer Chris Bauserman closed the bridge until further notice on Aug. 29, 2007. In spite of the availability of millions in sales tax dollars earmarked for road and bridge maintenance in Delaware County, Mr. Bauserman has allowed the bridge to deteriorate through lack of maintenance and, since 2002, has refused to apply for federal dollars potentially available due to the bridge's National Register status. This is in spite of the fact that this bridge is on an Ohio Scenic Byway over an Ohio Scenic River and is listed on the National Register for both state and local significance.
With the support of 5 local and 4 statewide organizations, Project SOUL (Save Our Unique Landmark) continues its efforts to preserve this bridge as recommended by the 2006 Liberty Township Comprehensive Land Use Plan: in its current location and use as a vehicular bridge.
If you want to help save this bridge, send me the following email: "I (we) believe the Liberty Township Comprehensive Land Use Plan should prevail with regard to the Orange Road Bridge Project in the Olentangy Heritage Corridor Scenic Byway." Thank you.
Sorry, the pics did not upload in the format I wanted. I will try to post them as TIFFs or JPEGs from a different computer later. If you have Photoshop 7.0 you should be able to view the current pics.
Located southwest of Festina, this is of at least four bowstring trusses remaining in Winnesheik County, Iowa.
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From the description of this bridge if it still exists, it sounds like it is a rather long bridge.
i love ur pictures
This bridge will be destroyed and replaced in 2008. The superstructure will be removed and a new roadway will sit on top of the existing piers.
I am no expert but this is one big bridge. I first saw the thing back in the late 70's and the awe inspiring thing has been stuck in my mind every since. I have been told by an older gentleman that it was the tallest in Missouri. Is there any truth to this? If you can hitch a ride across this big open train bridge then do so. I hoped that some day they would have an evening dinner cruise from Mexico to Fulton once a month or so.
This bridge is covered in graffiti and is really scary when you walk up to the edge, but it's really cool. We live in Greers Ferry which is a short drive from Shirley. It's nicer here, but it always nice to go up there and check out the scenery there too.
Westside classes of '10 & '09
This bridge is in a park where people white water raft from.
These tunnels were tremendous. It is a road that use to be a rail road track.
This bridge is in good condition.
This bridge is in a beutifull location.
This bridge is in a beutifull location.
This bridge is in good condition.
More views (in the eastbound directio)
