Photos
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Side view This is a side view of the bridge in 2002 when it was still open to traffic |
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Deck view |
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View of relocated bridge However, by Summer 2004, the bridge had been dismantled and moved to the side of the road to make room for a new bridge. |
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View from west |
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Deck view |
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Close-up of lower joint |
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Stringers at end of section |
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Section of wooden approach |
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New bridge construction |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost pony truss bridge over a drainage ditch northwest of Qulin on CR 655
- Location
- Butler County, Missouri
- Status
- Replaced by new concrete bridge in 2004
- History
- Built 1930, probably by R.L. Miller; replaced 2004
- Builders
- - Miller & Borcherding Bridge Builders of St. Louis, Missouri
- R.L. Miller
- Design
- Miller & Borcherding pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 54.1 ft.
Total length: 102.2 ft.
Deck width: 11.2 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.61772, -90.26569 (decimal degrees)
36°37'04" N, 90°15'56" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/744527/4055947 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- Corners of Sec. 23-26, T. 23 N., R. 7 E.
- Elevation
- 314 ft. above sea level
- USGS topographic map
- Oglesville
- Inventory number
- BH 20967 (Bridgehunter.com ID)