Photos
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Side View Of Bridge, Looking West Photos taken Sept. 26, 1988 by Phillip Geller Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Side View Of Bridge, Looking East Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of South Portal And Approach Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of North Portal And Approach Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Oblique View Of Bridge, Showing Long Approach Section And Main Span, Looking Southeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Oblique View Of Bridge, Looking Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of North Caisson Pier, Looking West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of South Caisson Pier, Looking Southwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Upper Sway Bracing, Looking Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Bridge Underside, Looking Southwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of North Approach And Portal Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Intermediate Post With Railing And Diagonals Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Railing Connection At Southeast Corner Of Bridge Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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
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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)
Sources
- HAER MO-45 - Lewis Mill Bridge
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com