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South portal

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North portal

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Close-up of south end

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Looking southeast along side

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Looking southwest

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Looking northeast

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North end from side

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South end

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Another view of south end

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Damage to deck at south end

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Close-up of deck

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Below the south end

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Looking southeast from below

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Looking southwest from below

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View of stringers looking south

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Looking between stringers

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View of overlapping stringers

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Eyebar connections

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Lower chord joint from below

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North abutment

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Above the south portal

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Upper chord hip joint

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Upper chord joints and cross-bracing

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Wooden planks in creek

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View of north portal in summer

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South portal in summer

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Facts 

Overview
Derelict through truss over Lick Log Creek just south of Gipsy Bridge on CR 736
Location
Bollinger County, Missouri
Status
Abandoned with portions of deck missing, replaced by new truss bridge
History
Built 1900 at Zalma, relocated ca. 1930 after the new Zalma Bridge was constructed; bypassed by new truss bridge in 1995
Builder
- Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri
Design
Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 66.9 ft.
Total length: 117.1 ft.
Deck width: 11.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.15430, -90.18491   (decimal degrees)
37°09'15" N, 90°11'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/749996/4115700 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 29 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 28
USGS topographic map
Gipsy
Inventory numbers
MO 009-203003.1 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
BH 20884 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/1990)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 0.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1988)
100