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Side View Of Bridge, Looking West

Photo taken Sept. 26, 1988, by Phillip Geller for the Historic American Engineering Record

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Side View Of Bridge, Looking East

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View Of South Portal And Approach

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View Of North Portal And Approach

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Oblique View Of Bridge, Showing Long Approach Section And Main Span, Looking Southeast

Photo taken Sept. 26, 1988, by Phillip Geller for the Historic American Engineering Record

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Oblique View Of Bridge, Looking Northwest

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View Of North Caisson Pier, Looking West

Photo taken Sept. 26, 1988, by Phillip Geller for the Historic American Engineering Record

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View Of South Caisson Pier, Looking Southwest

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View Of Upper Sway Bracing, Looking Northwest

Photo taken Sept. 26, 1988, by Phillip Geller for the Historic American Engineering Record

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View Of Bridge Underside, Looking Southwest

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View Of North Approach And Portal

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View Of Intermediate Post With Railing And Diagonals

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View Of Railing Connection At Southeast Corner Of Bridge

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Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss over Grand River on CR 570 (July Avenue) west of Jameson, beyond the end of Route OO
Location
Daviess County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by a concrete bridge
History
Completed Oct. 3, 1892, by the St. Joseph Bridge & Iron Co.; replaced 1989
Builder
- St. Joseph Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Joseph, Missouri
Design
Main span: Pin-connected, 11-panel Pratt through truss
Northwest approach: Four steel beam spans, with a curve at the end
Southeast approach: 40-foot bedstead truss plus one steel beam span
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 197.1 ft.
Total length: 399.5 ft.
Deck width: 16.3 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 27.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.99676, -94.03054   (decimal degrees)
39°59'48" N, 94°01'50" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/412028/4427905 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 60 N., R. 28 W., Sec. 22
USGS topographic map
Altamont
Inventory number
BH 21408 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log 

  • September 14, 2008: New photos from James Baughn

Sources 

  • HAER MO-45 - Lewis Mill Bridge
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com