Photos
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Side view Photo taken by James Baughn |
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West end Photo taken by James Baughn |
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East end Photo taken by James Baughn |
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East tower Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Under the tower Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Standing on the bridge Photo taken by James Baughn |
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View along the deck Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Anchor on east end Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Close-up of cable Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Close-up of connectors Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Looking upstream Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Weight limit sign and cross Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Collapse This photo from Jeremy Lance shows the bridge after a portion of the deck collapsed in 2000 Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Lateral view of the Beuchter Bridge, April 2008 Photo taken by Joe Virruso |
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Looking southward across the bridge. The weight limit sign was missing in Aprill 2008. Photo taken by Joe Virruso |
Facts
- Overview
- Swinging bridge over Tavern Creek on Buechter Bridge Road (CR A-16) southwest of St. Anthony
- Location
- Miller County, Missouri
- Status
- Open to traffic with a 2 ton weight limit
- History
- Built ca. 1925 by Joseph Dice
- Builder
- - Joseph Dice
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Dimensions
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Span length: 141.0 ft.
Total length: 141.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 9.1 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.14118, -92.29667 (decimal degrees)
38°08'28" N, 92°17'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/561632/4221713 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 39 N., R. 13 W., Sec. 1
- USGS topographic map
- Saint Anthony
- Inventory numbers
- MONBI 19495 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22041 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 01/2009)
- Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 14.7 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
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Update Log
- May 28, 2008: New photos from Joe Virruso
- March 8, 2005: Posted additional photo from Jeremy Lance
Sources
- Bridgemeister.com
- Joe Virruso - virrusofamily [at] att [dot] net
- Missouri Historic Bridge Inventory
Comments
Very cool pictures Mike.
I frequently cross this bridge, but only in a pickup. It remains in service with a 2 ton posted limit. Hopefully the county will find the money to replace it someday. Here are a couple old pictures I have from sometime in the early 90's. This guy was lucky, he wasn't loaded. A few years later a loaded truck fell completely through and the driver was killed.
