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Distant View To North

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View To North

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View To West

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View To South

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View To East

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North Portal, View To North

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Portal Connection, Northeast Corner

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Top Chord Panel Point Connection

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Bearing, Northeast Corner

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Deck Support System, Lower Chord Panel Point Connections, View Northwest

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Lower Chord Panel Point Connections, View Southwest

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Northern Abutment With Addition, Deck Support System, View Northeast

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Northern Abutment With Addition, View North

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South Abutment, View Southwest

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Detail Of Tooling On Masonry, Northwest Corner Of South Abutment

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Bridge Plate, Northern Portal

Mo. Valley Bridge
&
Iron Works
1886
Insley Shire & Tullock
Leavenworth, Kan.

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Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Center Creek on CR 110 southeast of Carthage
Location
Jasper County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by a modern bridge
History
Built 1886 by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; replaced 1985
Builder
- Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. of Leavenworth, Kansas
Design
Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 89.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.11897, -94.25769   (decimal degrees)
37°07'08" N, 94°15'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/388267/4108810 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 28 N., R. 31 W., Sec. 25
USGS topographic map
Fidelity
Inventory number
BH 21724 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log 

  • September 14, 2008: New photos from James Baughn
  • February 13, 2005: Posted new photos

Sources 

  • HAER MO-25 - American Mill Bridge
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com