Photos
 |
Side view from upstream |
 |
Side view from downstream |
 |
View from a distance |
 |
Looking down the road |
 |
Northeast portal |
 |
Southwest portal |
 |
Looking north |
 |
Southwest end |
 |
North side |
 |
On the bridge |
 |
Behind the northeast portal |
 |
Deck damage |
 |
Looking overhead |
 |
Upper chord joint |
 |
Looking downstream |
 |
Lower chord joint |
 |
Middle joint |
 |
Underneath |
 |
Plaque 1913 Miller & Borcherding Contractors St. Louis, Mo. Stupp Bro's Bridge & Iron Co. Manufacturers Jacob A. Taylor, Presiding Judge John Owens, Associate Judge Jon. Sitzes, " " " Wm. Abernathy, County Clerk J.W. Reilly, Engineer |
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Whitewater River northwest of Sedgewickville near Bollinger/Dolles Mill
- Location
- Bollinger County, Missouri
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- Future prospects
- Likely to be demolished or replaced in late 2009 or 2010
- History
- Built 1913 at Sedgewickville; relocated here in 1936
- Builders
- - Miller & Borcherding Bridge Builders of St. Louis, Missouri
- Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri
- Design
- Pin-connected, 9-panel Parker through truss
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 170.9 ft.
Total length: 172.9 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.8 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.54841, -89.95206 (decimal degrees)
37°32'54" N, 89°57'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/239206/4159808 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 33 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 17
- USGS topographic map
- Sedgewickville
- Inventory numbers
- MO 009-032000.5 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 13224 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 20872 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 01/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 18.7 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 35
Comments
My youngest brother lives near there and tells me that the county has closed the bridge permanently.
I've heard that this bridge is the next to be replaced. As much as I like the bridge, I don't think it's nothing compared to the mill 1/4 - 1/2 mile away. Someone needs to do some history on it.
We moved here in 1996, my kids and I have been swimming at "The Iron Bridge" for 10 years now. Everyone around here knows the iron bridge,either as a swimming hole, party spot, or make out spot. There are numerous stories, whether fact or fiction about this bridge. It is getting in bad shape and I hope it will be fixed instead of torn down, I would fight that tooth and nail. It is a part of our local history and needs to be preserved.
traveled this bridge many years... rode bikes dirtbikes and 4-wheelers across it... during flash flooding this was the only way out(rest of the bridges was low water) we lived just about 3 miles up the road... use to be a rope tied to the bridge once to swing off it into the deep water below it's nick name around here is "the iron bridge"