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View Of Bridge, Looking Northwest

Photo taken April 1988 by Gerald Averett for the Historic American Engineering Record

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View Of Bridge, Looking Northeast

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View Of Northeast Portal, Looking Northeast

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View Of Bridge, Looking Southwest

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View Of Southwest Portal, Looking Southwest

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View Of Bridge, Looking East

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View Showing Deck Support System, Lower Chord Panel Point Connections, Looking East

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View Showing Iron Tubes At Southwest End Of Truss, Looking East

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View Showing Iron Tubes, Concrete Piers At Northeast End Of Bridge, Looking North

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View Showing Iron Tube, End Post Connection, North Corner, Looking Southwest

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View Of Top Panel Connection, Center Of Southeast Side

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Detail View Of Connection Top Chord And End Post At East Corner

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Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Clear Creek on Farm Road 33
Location
Greene County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by modern bridge
History
Built 1896 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1904 by the Canton Bridge Co.; replaced 1991
Builder
- Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design
Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 99.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.36536, -93.57754   (decimal degrees)
37°21'55" N, 93°34'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/448859/4135560 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 30 N., R. 24 W., Sec. 4
Inventory number
BH 21531 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log 

  • February 15, 2010: Updated by Joshua Collins: added gps coordinates
  • September 14, 2008: New photos from James Baughn
  • January 31, 2005: Posted new photos

Sources 

  • Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
  • HAER MO-41 - Clear Creek Bridge, Spanning Clear Creek on Farm Road 33, Ash Grove vicinity, Greene County, MO
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com