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HAER photo This photo from the Historic American Engineering Record shows the old and new bridges side-by-side [HAER photo taken December 1993 by Steven Bushko] |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost deck truss bridge over the Grand Glaize Arm, Lake of the Ozarks, on US 54 between Laguna Beach and Osage Beach
- Location
- Camden County, Missouri
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Construction started March 1930 and finished January 1931 in conjunction with the creation of Lake of the Ozarks. New parallel bridge (now carrying westbound traffic) completed in 1984; eastbound bridge finished 1995.
- Builders
- - C.P. O'Reilly Construction Co. (Approaches)
- Pioneer Construction Co. of Kansas City, Missouri (General contractor)
- Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri (Superstructure)
- Sverdrup and Parcel (Consulting engineers)
- Design
- Warren deck truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.13385, -92.64247 (decimal degrees)
38°08'02" N, 92°38'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Land survey
- T. 39 N., R. 16 W., Sec. 11
- Inventory number
- BH 21067 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- HAER MO-79 - Grand Glaize Bridge
Comments
Grand Glaize Bridge
This was a very famous bridge and can be seen in hundreds of post cards from the lake region. People use to call it the Upside Down Bridge because of its unusual design. The bridge was built this way so motorist could have a great view of the lake. Sadly the ugly concrete eye sore that replaced it is very hard to see over the sides from a car. Before the bridge was torn down in 1995 and after it was closed in the 1980's people use to put Christmas decorations out on the bridge.