Historic Bridges
of the United States
Nineveh Bridge
Adair County
,
Missouri
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Photo
HAER photo
This photo, taken September 1989 by Lloyd Grotjan for the Historic American Engineering Record, shows the bridge before it was replaced
Map
Vicinity map
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TopoZone
Terraserver USA
Facts
Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Old Channel Chariton River on CR 175 east of Connelsville
Location
Adair County
,
Missouri
Status
Replaced by a concrete bridge
History
Built 1885; replaced 1989
Design
Pin-connected, 8-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 120.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.27365, -92.69046
(decimal degrees)
40°16'25" N, 92°41'26" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey
T. 63 N., R. 16 W., Sec. 9
Inventory number
BH 20691
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
19th Century
(1,753)
8-panel truss
(83)
Adair County, Missouri
(12)
Built 1885
(65)
Built during 1880s
(488)
HAER documented
(286)
Lost
(585)
Missouri
(2,368)
Owned by county
(14,172)
Pin-connected
(431)
Pratt truss
(1,431)
Replaced by new bridge
(475)
Through truss
(5,255)
Total length 100-125 feet
(2,422)
Truss
(15,801)
Wooden deck
(5,154)
Sources
HAER MO-59
- Nineveh Bridge
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