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I believe this is a bridge built by M. E. Gillioz,of Monett, Missouri, one of the largest road, dam, building, and bridge builders from the first half of the 20th Century.Can you confirm if it is a five span bridge?

Thanks.

This bridge was built by M.E. Gillioz of Monett, MO, one of the biggest road, bridge, dam, and building contractors from the first half of the 20th Century.

Shame on the mindless county! They tore down one of the best bridges anyone ever seen. This is very devastating and I feel like saying everything in the dictionary. Is ther a MAJOR UPROAR over the demolition?

It seems to me, that it would be far more economical to repair this classic old bridge, than to demolish it and replace it. It is on a county road, it serves local traffic, it does not have to carry semi-trucks, as it is close to I-40. However, for the locals living east of the bridge, now it is quite a hardship to get into town, as there is no alternative convenient route.

Please just repair this bridge. There are no parts missing, no rust through or anything, and surely the piers can be reinforced. It is obvious that in the 1970's the original wood deck was replaced with a corrugated metal deck, and this deck has had a layer or two or three of asphalt paving layed on, and this is very deteriorated, making the crossing very bumpy, which no doubt put more stress on the bridge. If the piers were reinforced, and the paving were smoothed out, I feel sure the bridge would have many more years of use for local cars and pickups.

I have crossed this bridge almost daily since 79, I have also seen the 18 wheelers cross, loads of hay, cattle, dump trucks cross the bridge. I work in Fort Smith, now that the bridge is closed the trip around is about 15 minutes each way, I hope no one needs an ambulance and it has to go all the way around, I for one will miss using this old bridge.

This structure is owned by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The superstructure was replaced in 1999 with a timber glue laminated multi girder span.

Calling this an arch bridge is stretching the truth. Actually, this is a corrugated steel culvert. Not much to look at, nor historical in any way.

Actually, the bridge (MP 114.6) saw it's last train in the first month or so of 1980 (records lost), as The Rock slowly dwindled away before being liquidated on March 31st. The line's next owner, St. Louis Southwestern, only operated the route from St. Louis as far west as Belle (MP 106), from 1980 to 1984, when service was cut back to Owensville (MP 92). In December of 1995, the last train left Owensville, with all traffic being cut back to Union (MP 60). Nathan is right in everything he said. Ticks are unusually and surprisingly numerous here - I've never picked so many off of me (I think I counted 32) And the bridge itself produces an awkward and disorienting sense of vertigo which takes a little while to get used to. Currently, the bridge and the rest of the line are owned by Ameren Power co, who bought the 'hand-me-down' line from the UP in 1999 for 10 mil. Something of interest: In response to the Ameren owned Taum Sauk Mtn. dam, which broke and destroyed Johnson's shut in's state park, the state is seeking revenge on the self-insured company. Involved in this discussion is the old CRI&P right of way, which the state has expressed interest in acquiring as payment for 'damages'. It seems to always be an uphill battle for this line. I always hope for the best. I'd love to guide a train across the bridge someday, though I've got to admit, I think it's beautiful how it rests now.

This two span through truss is currently under construction and is expected to be completed in mid 2007. The replacement structure is a 3 span prestressed I-beam bridge.

Its a pretty sturdybidge if you ask me

This two span pony truss was replaced in 2004 with a multi span prestressed spread box beam bridge.

This bridge was reconstructed in 2006 with a single span prestressed adjacent box beam bridge.

This bridge has been closed to traffic by order of the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Dept. Franklin County ordered it closed Nov. 22.

Coincidentally(?) the bridge has been nominated by the Arkansas Historic Preservation Dept. for inclusion in the National Register. A vote in the listing will be Dec. 6. If approved at the state level, it goes forward for consideration at the national level.

While inclusion doesn't guarantee preservation, it makes it necessary for a federal Section 106 review of alternatives before demolition is involved,

The bridge is on the Franklin and Crawford county line and historically both counties have participated in upkeep. At a recent meeting, Franklin County officials discussed the ordered closing and fear they may have to take down the old bridge and replace it with something more "modern" and safe.

They estimate replacement (and demolition) at around $3 million, so it may be a while before the counties can come up with funds for the work. In the meantime they are hoping they can pump more concrete down to the disintegrating piers to hold it up a little longer.

Here's to hoping some folks in those two counties can generate some sort of push for at least preserving the bridge and maybe even moving the bridge to a park or some spot where more people can see its beauty.

i was visiting my dad the other day and in talking about this bridge he reminded me that the plaque that was on it was dated 1895. i am thinking of putting ads in the local paper to see if someone out there might have photos of this beautiful old bridge

I saw this bridge today..11/28/06 it is closed to vehicle traffic but is open to foot traffic.really cool bridge...not many of these left around.

I went to photograph this bridge last Saturday and it has been torn down

This bridge was a replacement for a steel deck plate drawbridge which crossed at the exact same spot for many years prior to the current span.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is currently undertaking a project to widen the vehicular lanes on the span. The project will take a while, so if you need to cross via the Huey P Long bridge, exercise caution while they work on it!

My grandfather helped construct this bridge. He was one of the civil engineers that worked on it. I am proud of his work!

Are you aware this bridge was demolished in late 2005/early 2006. They have built a new modern bridge and in the process blasted the Rogue's Ford Bridge.

This bridge was reworked in the recent past (2005?). Fully sandblasted, repainted. road surface replaced, guard rails replaced, looks fantastic.

this is one freaky bridge to drive over thought the bridge was going to go everytime i drove over it and i thought the old iron bridge in allegan michigan was scary

I am 23 years old, and still fear Silver Bridge. My dad used to swim down there when he was a kid. What a bridge. It always scared me when we drove over it, cuz it would rattle. I was always and still afraid that it would fall while we were driving on it. I walked across it a few times, and that was even more scary. It may be a scary bridge, but it held alot of vehicles. I hate to see it shut down, but if it's not safe to drive, then there's no choice. The bridge is actually owned by Franklin County, yet they think Crawford County should help repair. FRANKLIN COUNTY: PLEASE REPAIR THE BRIDGE.

I doubt they will, so my last words to Silver Bridge are:

RIP Silver Bridge

1930-2006

****Jeremy Medlock****

LOL another person from sw michigan here by birth not choice lol i was also raised in the ne ar and se mo area and i remember in the mid 80's going across this bridge and the I57 bridge it was interesting to cross this one more than the other one i would always stay up till we got to the bridge and man it seemed like it took forever and day to get there but once we got there it would excite me cause i knew then that it wasnt far to paragould, ar area to where we was going.

hey my name is jprdan malm and i would like to leave a comment on this because i dont want them to replace the bridge!!! i like the bridge because it shows people that atchison really does have some history to it. i remeber my dad always talking about it. he always talked about how it made atchison look good for change. so all i am saying is please dont tear down the bridge

I don't have much to say about the bridge, but you have to think this bridge has beed through alot and has seen may years of use and disrepair,and I think this bridge is so cool, because it was a railroad and converted too car bridge, I think it would be cool to have this bridge opened again, even though they are talking about building a brand new span over the mississippi, and they need to save the McKinley Bridge.

This was a very scary bridge to cross with farm eqp when you were only about 12 or 13 years old.

As far as I can tell, this bridge is "shared" as I think Union Pacific traffic goes across it also to service customers in Fort Smith. The Union Pacific yard is on the Van Buren side of the bridge. The Arkansas-Missouri is a short line railroad operated from Springdale, Arkansas, and was purchased from the Burlington and acts as a feeder to the Burlington main line in Monett, Missouri. The line runs from Monett to Fort Smith, Arkansas. While primarily a freight line, the Arkansas-Missouri does operate an excursion train schedule with vintage passenger cars and vintage Alco diesel engines. There is a tunnel at Winslow, rather long, the excursion train goes through, as well as a number of high trestles through the mountains north of Van Buren, which makes for an exciting ride.

This bridge is on Lake Rd in the town of Bradford. At the US 67 intersection, travel E and go left at the road fork. There are two spans to this bridge, with the larger span (the near one in the image) having been crudely cut apart with a blowtorch and dumped in the creek N of the bridge (parts of the bridge are exposed during low water.) The E span still exists (with no decking) and can be reached from the next creek crossing S of the bridge.

I have fond memories of this bridge. My grandmother lives on a farm about 1/2 to 3/4 mile of this bridge. When my cousin Luke and I would stay at her house, we'd always go through the back pasture to the Upper Iowa River. When the water would get too deep, we'd get on the road. On the road, we'd try to go to Bluffton, looking for mischief. Bluffton was about 3 miles away. It was always a long walk on the way back to Grandma's. The bridge was usually our turning around point.

Visited the Wards Crossing Bridge today, 12 Nov. 06, and it has much of the same characteristics of the Old River Bridge on the Saline in Benton. I asked a few people I encountered about date built, but none were in the know. Does anyone have data about when built, length of span, etc. I'm sure it was there before Lake Nimrod was created. Bridge is regularly used especially now during hunting season. Some of the running boards have decayed. I was walking on the bridge when a pickup drove across and the bridge seemed pretty sound. Appears to be higher above surface water than most pin connected's. I could get decent photos of the entire bridge from the south bank about 200 yards upstream. Both approaches are ramped like the Wallace Bridge and you almost have to drive slightly up the approach to see if any vehicles are coming across. No guard rails on the bridge or ramps.

This Bridge is now under the law of the L.S.S.R (linwood soviet social republic) just to let you all know.

AcE

I have a few additional photos of this bridge taken today ... if you're interested in them, let me know, and I'll send you the full-sized images (6MP). You can see the better of them here (http://www.strych9design.com/2006/11/12/final-photos-of-the-day/); two of them show the lift part of the bridge.

Great work on the site ... I've enjoyed looking at all the different bridges!

Jeremy

Bridge has been closed since 2002

This bridge is a key element in the novel, "The Trainman", by P.T. Deutermann, 1999, St. Martins Press.

An entire novel featuring RR bridges over the Mississippi.

Good read, specially for bridge fans, just remember it's only fiction as they come tumbling down!!!

I am curious if any segments remain of this bridge, or any of the Bassett Creek bridges listed here? If I understand these locations correctly, these bridges are in the final 1.5 mile buried portion of Bassett Creek.

If you want to know where the line ran, there is a map available. However, it is copyrighted by John Szwajkart. His address (from 1983, I don't have a more current one) was 3334 Elm Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513. It was part of a book called the "Train Watcher's Guide to St. Louis" that I purchased at Union Station in St. Louis at the Train Shop back in the mid 1980's. Hope that this helps!

Oh yeah, the blue bar bridge took another big hit from a barge!!!! Look out boys, she's coming down!!! hahahaha

joking... just joking.

If anyone has any info, specifically year built and span length of this bridge, or the truss/bascule next to the Platt St. Bridge (also in Tampa), please share!

Thanks!

I love this bridge! I have to cross it everytime I go to visit my grandparents. As a child, I remember when it was dark out, I would look out the back window of my parents truck and imagine giant monsters chasing us off of the bridge! When I began driving, I would take all of my friends out to Mulberry and show off "my grandparents bridge". I have even been for walks with my many cousins on the little island under the bridge (or beside the bridge).

I also love this bridge because it means that the long drive to grandma and grandpa's house is almost over, and I love going to visit grandma and grandpa!

Jaymie Mackey

The Gateway Bridge was awarded the 2005 Prize Bridge award for the Major Span category by the National Steel Bridge Alliance. www.steelbridges.org

TC

This covered bridge was rehabilitated in 2005 by CLR Inc Vincennes IN

Bridge is now complete 11/06. New lower chords, new siding, roof, some upper chord replacement, and diagonals. Old cast iron abutments repaired.

This iron through truss bridge was rehabilitated in 2002

This concrete arch bridge has been replaced with a reinforced concrete I beam bridge in 2003

This bridge is being rehabilitated over the winter and into the spring of 2006 -07

This bridge has been completly rehabilitated in 2006

This bridge is currently being replaced with a monolithic slab top concrete bridge (2006) expecting to be completed summer of 2007

This bridge has been closed for over 20 years now, but fun to walk across.

I have photographed the bridge and often use to take canoes out there until landowners made it too difficult. Every time I was under the bridge and a vehicle would pass over, dozens to hundreds of rusted metal flakes would rattle off and fall into the river. I love and fear the bridge and am trying to photograph old bridges in the area. If you know of any good old ones please email me with directions and descriptions.

thanks

john

What are the dimensions of the bridge? I need the Length, width and the Height....Please

Some of my fondest memories as a child and as an adult are represented by this bridge. I grew up in Indiana but my heart (as well as that of my brother's and sister's) belonged to Mulberry Arkansas. My dad, Wayne Alderson, grew up on the Wire Road and is currently living back on the Wire Road that this Silver Bridge is on. Every summer we would load up and head down to Mulberry. Reaching the Silver Bridge meant we were almost at grandma and grandpa's house. Then our summer vacation would begin. All of us (and when I say all of us, I mean 11 aunts/uncles and each of their clan) would pack into vehicles and head for the silver bridge to go swimming/fishing. I must say that way back then, sometimes we would even load up to hmmmmmmm, go take our night time baths in the water below. I remember going to the movies and watching "Jaws" then heading for a late night swim in the deep dark waters below the bridge and being very scared, my young mind could not imagine why there could not be a shark in the eerie waters of the Mulberry creek!!!!!

Anyway, Silver Bridge holds many fond memories for me. I have heard it told that my grandfather Homer Ellis Alderson had a hand in building it. So, it is even more sentimental to me. Am I afraid to go over it? Not really, maybe just for my vehicle, you know the big holes and all.

The Mulberry Silver Bridge will forever be a landmark for me and my family.

Deborah Alderson Mackey

Bummer...hopefully it's preserved so people can still check it out. Just wondering if it is or not.

This bridge has been removed but is still sitting intact on the roadside as of late Oct 2006. It may be awaiting relocation.

so happy to see this bridge preserved, but it would have been better with wooden floor. i remember when they moved this bridge, a local construction company donated a crane to move it and the story was on the little rock news

My friends and I found this bridge in an extreme state of dis-repair... There were places where a person could probably have torn pieces of the gaurdrail off, and there was a large portion of gaurdrail missing entirely, presumably due to an encounter with a vehicle, judging by the type of damage inflicted. The general appearance of the bridge made us question its safety, and it took us a little bit of time to muster the nerves to actually take a vehicle across the bridge.

We found this bridge on our way to Leadville. It is awsome and very scary to drive over.

Wonderful,but what are all those trees on the north side surrounding the info kiosk?

They have large prominent seed pods(6-10 inches) Thanks.

Scott - Mama Lou's Bridge - It is said that a woman and her new born baby drove off this bridge and died. If you go there at night and say "Mama Lou I've got your baby" strange things will happen. Your car won't start or you'll hear screeching noises like the paint is being scraped off your car. You can also see a woman in white floating in the field near the bridge. GREAT PLACE TO GO FOR HALLOWEEN! IN ARKANSAS....

I think this bridge was at what is now known as Kilo Vista, about one mile down river from the present highway 62 bridge.

I wish you had included a picture of the old bridge that is under the existing bridge. There is alot of history lost because people don't know of the old bridge. I would be a great addition to what you have on the new bridge.

These photo's are great, Didn't know these and other bridges were on the internet. Was doing a search on the Raley family who lived in Stone County in the 1800's, I believe the bridge and Railey Creek Rd. were named for the Railey family.

perfect bridge

You need to rebuild and construct a new bridge so it could be a two-way. It also need to be higher in case of a flood watch or tornado watch. You need to have space so that the cars can move freely and wouldn't have to wait for another car

DOES ANYONE KNOW THE HISTORY OF THIS BRIDGE OR THE FAMILY WHO MAY HAVE OWNED LAND AROUND IT?

I used to go over this bridge as a child. We were hoping that they would save it.

Do you have any photos of the demolition of it?

Also, do you have any photos of the Bridge that used to be nearby in Ross (Venice) Ohio? that was a cool looking bridge and I cant find any pictures of it.

Thanks (Old Bridge fanatic)

Local people call this bridge Rough Hollow bridge

This is a Mount Vernon Bridge Co. bridge. Please send any additional information about this company to me at jlgibson@ecr.net and check our Knox County (Ohio)Historical Society website (www.knoxhistory.org) for more info on the MVBCo. soon.

I spent many a evening on the bridge in the company of Gordon Harvey drinking coffee and keeping up with my operations. It was a better place to keep track of train movements and the day to day happenings on the 'East End' than my office in New Franklin. I watched many a train pass over the bridge and many a tow pass under. It would be a great loss for us, not only the fans of the Katy Railroad but for the State of Missouri to see this once vital link gone forever.

The bridge just closed in the last couple of weeks. New bridge is open about 1/4 mile away.

HECK YEAH !!! now this is a bridge right here, i love wooden floor Pratt thru trusses

great bridge, i love it. thanks for finding it and sending in this photo

This is absolutely incredible. The bridge is collapsed from an Earthquake but it is still open to traffic. I had to do a double-take on that. I guess they still have the pioneer spirit in Alaska.....or at least did in 1964.

This is absolutely incredible. The bridge is collapsed from an Earthquake but it is still open to traffic. I had to do a double-take on that. I guess they still have the pioneer spirit in Alaska.....or at least did in 1964.

I lived 4 miles west of Waynesville from about Apr 1934 to May 1936. When we, my sisters along with Nina & Stanley Bowling had a nickle or dime we would walk to Waynesville and spend it on candy.At the most this would be a couple of times a year. We carried our lunch in a 1/2 gal Karo Syrup pail and drinking water in another one. At noon we would go down to the Roubidoux by the bridge and eat. After we finished our lunch we would walk back home. Our post office address at the time was Buckhorn. I lived about 1 mile east of Buckhorn and the Bowlings were about 1/2 mile east.

Oops, I guess you had mentioned when the bridge was abandoned. I did not read carefully enough, sorry.

Interesting, this bridge is often simply referred to as the "UP Crossing", even an old sign refers to it as such. Perhaps this is a misnomer. Thanks for mentioning the easy access. There is even a small "parking area" at the east end of the bridge. Does anybody know aproximately when this bridge was abandoned?

Robert

I thought the original truss bridge was replaced by another truss bridge then the concrete bridge was installed. My grandparents, the Henkins, owned the store, post office, cream colledtion, egg collection and ice house, across from the store, at Gouldfarm.

This bridge was actually a CB&Q railroad bridge, not UP. It was on the branch line that left the main west of Odell, Nebraska and ended at Concordia, Kansas. This bridge saw activity until 1983-1984. I was young at the time but remember driving across the Pelgram Truss Bridge (only about a quarter mile away) to see trains go across this one. There is excellent easy access from the road.

An unmentioned fact on this bridge is that it was originally a Union Pacific railroad bridge until the railroad was abandoned and removed in the 1930s. It's a very interesting bridge on a blacktop road and is also relatively close to KS Hwy 9.

This stone pier was put in by the Denver,South Park and Pacific RR in about 1880. You missed 2 other bridges that were old RR bridges that have been replaced with "modern" bridges. One is on CR162 just east of Mt. Princeton Hot Springs and the other is on CR290 just after it leaves CR162 just west of Deer Valley Guest Ranch. Both of these bridges are on the DSP&P bed and on the original stone. A company called Model Masterpiece had a HO scale modle kit of the Chalk Creek bridge and it is the one on CR290. I remember this a a 2 truss bridge before it was replaced. The county did it to preserve their grants, not because the bridge was bad.

Boring concrete slab. Doesn't even follow the same route.

The bridge is indeed a Whipple truss. A new crossing is to be constructed at this bridge's location, however the county is supposedly going to dismantle and store the bridge for possible re-erection, which it doesn only because the local historic preservation group called ARCH convinced them to. There is still some debate as to the bridge's destination, but the future is perhaps not quite as bleak... The ARCH website: http://www.archfw.org/

I want to thank you for your effort and success for these brigdes. M E White also completed the N Damen Bridge and S Damen Bridge in Chicago. This bridge cost was apprx. to $125,000

Mr. Bertram,

You are very correct. I live behind the Quarterback club and I need to get up there and get a couple of pictures of it when the leaves fall and you can actually see it! I also need to get up to Columbia and get pictures of the concrete piers that used to hold the interurban line bridge. Also if you remember the concrete piers from the trolley line crossing Cahokia Canal next to old rt 3. Wish I could have gotten a picture of the old rt 3 bridge!

The first time I crossed this bridge was in April, 1979. My church group here in El Dorado were on the way to Hot Springs to Magic Springs. Our Youth Director stopped in Arkadelphia to pick up a friend, who was a student at OBU. I have been fascinated by the bridge. I went to college at Henderson and I use to walk down to the bridge admiring it. I even walked acrossed it. It was pure bravery and bold. I hope that this bridge will continue to serve motorists for many years. I wish that I could have seen the old bridge before it. Anyway Arkadelphia is a clean cut town, with moral values.

I just learned that the Smithfield Street Bridge, a double lenticular truss design, is known to old time Pittsburghers as the "kissing fish bridge". For more on Pittsburgh bridges, see "The Bridges of Pittsburgh" by Bob Regan with photos by Tim Fabian published in June 2006 by The Local History Company. (Full disclosure: I'm one of the publishers!)

My grandpa told me that his uncle Will Ross' wife Ruth & youngest son fell off a bridge & drowned,not sure what year that was, but my family is from Malvern. If anyone has any info about this event please let me know.Thanks hmqueenlori2@yahoo.com

My husband and I were curious to see this bridge in person. We were not familiar with the area, but we found the easiest way to get to this bridge is to travel North on Hwy 25 out of Conway to 285 North to Bono. Turn left (west) onto Springfield Road; travel approx 1.5 miles. Just before the new concrete bridge look to the left (south) for a small dirt road. The old bridge cannot be seen from the new bridge. The historical marker that was placed on a large boulder is gone. Someone has cut out the remaining boards on the south end of the bridge so it is not easy to completely walk the bridge. This is a wonderful old bridge, full of character and was built with large timbers, iron, nuts and bolts to last. I hope someone will replace the plaque or erect some kind of info about this bridge at the site...maybe even replace the missing boards so it will be at least foot traffic passable. Thanks for this website! We plan to visit many more bridges!

As usual however, the choice in railings was abysmal. Horizontal Metal pole railings provide much less visual obstruction of the truss structure. Wood, cyclone fencing, and vertically oriented metal railings all obstruct the view of the historic structure. Otherwise however, it is nice to see this structure being taken care of and having a useful function once again.

GPS N40 04.35 W080 44.35

Thanks,

Jack Schmidt

This bridge was still standing as of March 2003. The floor boards have been removed and the area around the bridge is becomming overgrown with saplings. The bridge can be seen easily from the new bridge that was built immediately to the west.

I remember this bridge being built at the age of 8. I wold go with my grandfather to the Utica quarry on the south Utica side by the river and look up watching the construction workers. I also remember the swing bridge it replaced. I liked getting stuck in traffic having to wait for the barges to go by till the bridge swung back for traffic to proceed. I don't think my grandfather liked getting stuck though.

Yes this is the line that ran thru S Bar F.

It is called the Belmont Branch. Orginally of the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern railroad which became the Missouri Pacific.

It branched off from the main line at Bismark and went Southeast to Belmont Landing to cross the Mississippi by barge.

Use ended sometime in the 70's. Someone has stated the early 80's, but my first trip to the ranch in 84, and the tracks were gong then.

I have a google earth place mark of the entire line, if you are interested, email me and I will send it to you.

Patrick

Would have never been down this road let alone to this awesome looking structure had it not been for geocaching. Great history in America and seeing this bridge as a historic marker was awesome!

Effective since about May 2006, the Chicago & Alton Railroad Bridge over Stinson Creek is now a Fulton City Park. The restoration and conversion of the area to a city park is exceptional. It includes guarded bridge rails over the old bridge, an asphalt walking path across the bridge and through the woods along Hickman. The path is approximately two miles in length and is really well done.

I believe this is the bridge the used in the film US Marshal's when Wesley Snipes has the truck driver ram the police car.

I once walked across this entire bridge and took some great photographs, I got lucky because the train came after I walked back but there was some ladders off the side to get on in case of emergency, that and I had to look out for the cops. I do not recommend doing what I did.

Someone finally got a pic of the Sparksville bridge & from what I've seen this is one of the most significant bridges not only in all of Jackson County (besides the Medora covered bridge) but also the whole state of Indiana. The most you can get on this puppy is 3 tons (FYI: check out the pic closely for further confirmation) but hey, it's a pretty nice bridge to check out nonetheless.

Just a few miles over, near Fort Ritner, is another through truss bridge over the East Fork of the White River; I don't know if it's still open or not, I could be wrong. But that, & the Sparksville bridge, are pretty much a big deal when it comes to historic through truss bridges in the Hoosier State, or at least southern Indiana.

This bridge was the first time I reached the speed above 100 MPH. I was in a 1970 Plymouth GTX with a 426 Hemi and we buried the speedometer at > 140 MPH. Too cool. Every time I go to visit my parents I think about that time, even though the old bridge has been replaced. It had quite a few bumps and high spots is 1971. What a ride. Scared the hell out of me. But, I was young and invinceable. Never even heard of a 401(k).