Photos 

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Overview

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Side view

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Portal

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Inside

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One panel

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Vertical member

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Eyebars

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Lower joint

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U bolt

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Upper joint

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Weight limit sign

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New bridge

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Original site: Deck view

These two black-and-white photos, taken June 1993 by Philip Geller for the Historic American Engineering Record, show the bridge before it was relocated
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Original site: Underneath

Map 

Vicinity Map

Vicinity map

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Facts 

Overview
Whipple through truss bridge over Shoal Creek on Bonanza Road
Location
Caldwell County, Missouri
Status
Relocated to a field next to the original site
Future prospects
Preserved
History
Built 1883; replaced and relocated in 1994-95
Design
Pin-connected, 11-panel Whipple through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 187.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.3 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.64334, -93.97303   (decimal degrees)
39°38'36" N, 93°58'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/416511/4388625 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 56 N., R. 27 W., Sec. 19
USGS topographic map
Hamilton East
Inventory number
BH 20974 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log 

  • April 2, 2007: Posted modern-day photos

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