Photos
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Replacement bridge |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss bridge over North Moreau Creek on Rockhouse Road near Russellville
- Location
- Cole County, Missouri
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1907 by the Canton Bridge Co.; replaced 1994
- Builder
- - Canton Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
- Design
- Parker through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 175.9 ft.
Total length: 326.1 ft.
Deck width: 14.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.53988, -92.45778 (decimal degrees)
38°32'24" N, 92°27'28" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/547254/4265858 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 44 N., R. 14 W., Sec. 28
- USGS topographic map
- Russellville
- Inventory numbers
- MO 026-039000.1 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
BH 21329 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 01/1990)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 10.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1988)
- 200
Update Log
- May 12, 2008: New photos from Historic American Engineering Record
- April 2, 2007: Bridge has been replaced
Comments
I really miss this old bridge. It was a popular hang-out for the local high schoolers. The east approach featured a rather sudden 90 degree turn which then wrapped around a steep hillside (gravel roadway of course). There was also a small cave in the bluff above the bridge which was destroyed during excavation for the new (boring) bridge.
If anyone has photos of the old Rockhouse bridge, please post them!