Photos
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From southwest Photo taken by James Baughn |
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From southeast Photo taken by James Baughn |
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From northeast Photo taken by James Baughn |
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South side Photo taken by James Baughn |
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North side Photo taken by James Baughn |
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West end Photo taken by James Baughn |
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West approach Photo taken by James Baughn |
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West portal Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Deck view Photo taken by James Baughn |
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East end Photo taken by James Baughn |
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East approach Photo taken by James Baughn |
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East portal Photo taken by James Baughn |
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View with plaques remaining in 2003 Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Below east portal Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Pier from above Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Underneath Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Looking up girder Photo taken by James Baughn |
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East pier Photo taken by James Baughn |
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West abutment Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Upper hip joint Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Upper middle joint Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Lower joint Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Behind lower joint Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Lower middle joint Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Repaired eyebar Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Approach outriggers Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Plaque 1908 Stupp Bro's Bridge & Iron - Co. - F. M. Wells Pres. Judge M. S. Gladish Associate Judge H. Mungle ' ' ' ' ' Wm Abernathy County Clerk D. R. Sample Co. Surveyor Photo taken by James Baughn |
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April 9, 2005: Backhoe in place Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Deck removed Photo taken by James Baughn |
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View from below Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Removing the east approach Photo taken by James Baughn |
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April 13: Truss lying in water Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Pile of girders Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Approach already removed Photo taken by James Baughn |
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April 18: Not much left Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Flat pier Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Pier dug out Photo taken by James Baughn |
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2006: Replacement bridge finished Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Last remaining piece Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss bridge over Crooked Creek southwest of Laflin on CR 408, just beyond the end of Route U
- Location
- Bollinger County, Missouri
- Status
- Demolished to make way for replacement bridge
- History
- Built 1908 by Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co.; closed to traffic Dec. 15, 2003; main span demolished Apr. 13, 2005; replacement bridge opened Jan. 2006
- Builder
- - Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri
- Design
- Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 120.0 ft.
Total length: 285.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.9 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.27169, -89.89255 (decimal degrees)
37°16'18" N, 89°53'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/243521/4128935 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 30 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 13
- USGS topographic map
- Marble Hill
- Inventory numbers
- MO 009-124002.4 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 16555 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 20883 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 12/2003)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 0.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
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