Photos
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Overview Photos taken Jan. 2007 by Greg Hall |
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Center span |
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Deck view |
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Barricade |
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Damaged railing |
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Exposed rebar |
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View from New Bridge Photo taken by David Backlin in October 2007 |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost three-span arch bridge over Pomme de Terre River on US 65
- Location
- Greene County, Missouri
- Status
- Razed in Winter 2008
- History
- Built 1928-29; parallel bridge built 1967; abandoned 1979; demolished during Winter 2008
- Builder
- - M.E. Gillioz of Monett, Missouri (Contractor)
- Design
- Open-spandrel arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 522.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.41617, -93.14512 (decimal degrees)
37°24'58" N, 93°08'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/487158/4141051 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 31 N., R. 20 W., Sec. 16
- USGS topographic map
- Fair Grove
- Inventory numbers
- MoDOT H-636 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 21532 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 01/1992)
- Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 2.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1991)
- 8,338
Update Log
- June 28, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey: updated status on bridge
- February 25, 2008: New photo from David Backlin
- January 29, 2007: Posted photos from Greg Hall
Sources
- Greg Hall - cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
- Kim Harvey - ayrlieofremora [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Missouri Historic Bridge Inventory
Comments
Fair Grove Bridge
Bridge was torn down roughly in Feb or March 2008.
Fair Grove Bridge
MoDOT announced on 28 January, 2008 this bridge will be torn down to make way for a new bridge along 2 new southbound lanes of US 65.
Fair Grove Bridge
I visited this bridge on 30 September 2007. There are survey markers in the vicinity which seem to indicate the bridge will eventually be removed to make way for a new 4-Lane US 65.