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Hebron Bridge

Douglas County, Missouri

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East side

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West side

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North span

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View from north

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North portal

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South portal

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Close-up of truss

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Behind the south portal

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Deck view

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Middle pier

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Lower chord joint #1

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Lower chord joint #2

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Lower chord joint #3

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Upper chord hip joint

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South abutment

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Underneath

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Plaque

The plaque is unreadable in this photo, but it says roughly:
1914
Built by J.H. Murray & Co.
James Thompson, Presiding Judge
James A. Nash, Associate Judge
John B. Deeds, Associate Judge
E.C. Bunch, County Clerk
W.S. Dunn, County Surveyor
Fabricated by Kansas City Bridge Co.

Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Two-span through truss bridge over North Fork White River on CR 14-279 at Hebron Crossing Access
Location
Douglas County, Missouri
Status
Open to one-lane traffic with a 6 ton weight limit
History
Built 1914 at a cost of $5,900
Builders
- J.H. Murray & Co. (Contractor)
- Kansas City Bridge Co. of Kansas City, Missouri (Fabricator)
Design
Two pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through trusses with a concrete deck
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 96.1 ft.
Total length: 192.9 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.6 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.85147, -92.18588   (decimal degrees)
36°51'05" N, 92°11'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey
T. 25 N., R. 11 W., Sec. 18
Inventory numbers
MO 034-283001.4 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 20983 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21464 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2005)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 19.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
30

Categories 

6-panel truss (114)
Built 1914 (376)
Built during 1910s (3,558)
Douglas County, Missouri (4)
J.H. Murray & Co. (1)
Kansas City Bridge Co. (14)
Missouri (2,355)
North Fork White River (Missouri-Arkansas) (5)
One-lane traffic (304)
Open (21,592)
Owned by county (14,138)
Pin-connected (417)
Pratt truss (1,405)
Span length 75-100 feet (3,250)
Structurally deficient (10,792)
Through truss (5,208)
Total length 175-250 feet (1,775)
Truss (15,742)

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Comments 

Hebron Bridge
Posted December 18, 2006, by Carl H. James (liteworks [dot] 1 [at] netzero [dot] net)

I visited this bridge and photographed it on 12-17-06. It is a great old bridge in a nice setting. Talked to a guy who grew up in the area. He said he spent his childhood at the bridge and swimming hole

Hebron Bridge
Posted August 23, 2006, by vada martin

Is this bridge called Steel Bridge?vadatb@yahoo.com

Hebron Bridge
Posted May 1, 2006, by jennifer (lizzy_lover_101 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I love this bridge very pretty

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