Photos
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View Of East Portal And Approach, Looking West Photos taken March 1989 by Phillip Geller Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of West Portal And Approach, Looking East Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Side View Of Bridge, Looking South Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Side View Of Bridge, Looking North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Oblique View Of Bridge, Looking Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Oblique View Of Bridge, Looking Northeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Oblique View Of Bridge, Looking Southeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Bearing And Rocker At Southwest Corner Of Main Span Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Showing East Bent Of Main Span Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Showing Underside Of Main Span, Looking West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Showing Upper Bracing, Looking East Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Showing Vertical Member, Diagonal Members And Handrail Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss bridge over Platte River on Saxton-Easton Road
- Location
- Buchanan County, Missouri
- Status
- Replaced by a modern bridge
- History
- Built 1925 by the Witham Construction Co.; replaced 1989
- Builder
- - Witham Construction Co.
- Design
- Riveted, 8-panel Parker through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 152.0 ft.
Total length: 252.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.5 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.71880, -94.70231 (decimal degrees)
39°43'08" N, 94°42'08" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/354093/4397932 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 57 N., R. 34 W., Sec. 34
- USGS topographic map
- Agency
- Inventory number
- BH 20932 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- HAER MO-61 - Saxton Ford Bridge
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com