Map 

Facts 

Overview
Whipple through truss bridge over Grand River on CR 317
Location
Daviess County, Missouri
Status
Abandoned, with approach spans and deck removed.
History
Built 1883 by the Kansas City Bridge & Iron Co.; closed to traffic in the 1990s
Builder
- Kansas City Bridge & Iron Co.
Design
Whipple through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 180.1 ft.
Total length: 331.1 ft.
Deck width: 11.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.6 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.02167, -94.13000   (decimal degrees)
40°01'18" N, 94°07'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/403572/4430773 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 60 N., R. 29 W., Sec. 10
Inventory numbers
MO 031-317000.8 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
BH 42709 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/1990)
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: 0.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1991)
15

Update Log 

  • June 4, 2009: Added by James Baughn

Comments 

Grand River Bridge
Posted June 26, 2009, by Rich Kaduce (Richard_Kaduce [at] kcmo [dot] org)

I visited the bridge site in July of 2007. The approach structures and roadway deck have been removed. The main span was still in place and appeared to be sound. No broken connections or members that I could see from the south end of the bridge.