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Overview: Abandoned through truss bridge over the Cuivre River at Chain of Rocks
Status: Closed to all traffic
History: Built 1893(?) by the Missouri Bridge & Iron Co.
Design: Through truss
Inventory number: BH 21892 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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May 12, 2008: New photos from Historic American Engineering Record

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Chain of Rocks Bridge

Posted March 19, 2008, by David B. Haun (dbhaun [at] gmail [dot] com)

Open to Pedestrians and bicycles maintained by Trailnet information from Wikipedia.

Chain of Rocks Bridge

Posted April 19, 2006, by Miles (milesawilson [at] gmail [dot] com)

Used to cross this bridge on my bicycle in the 70s to get to the Chain of Rocks tavern, where a 13 year old could get a cold Bud.

The oak deck was replaced in the mid-late 70s. My friend's dad, who lived in the St. Charles County side and farmed on the Lincoln County side, would park his truck on the south end, then cross the bridge on foot using the iron girders as his path, then climb into his other truck on the north side. Being a farmer, he'd do this before sunrise.