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Buechter Bridge

Miller County, Missouri

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Photos 

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Side view

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West end

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East end

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East tower

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Under the tower

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Standing on the bridge

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View along the deck

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Anchor on east end

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Close-up of cable

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Close-up of connectors

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Looking upstream

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Weight limit sign and cross

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Collapse

This photo from Jeremy Lance shows the bridge after a portion of the deck collapsed in 2000
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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

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Map 

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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. 1920 by Joseph Dice
Builder
- Joseph Dice
Design
Wire suspension
Dimensions
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 01/2007)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 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 2007)
60

Categories 

Built during 1920s (4,803)
Joseph Dice (13)
Miller County, Missouri (24)
Missouri (2,598)
NR-eligible (2,623)
One-lane traffic (6,990)
Open (22,302)
 Owned by county (14,359)
Structurally deficient (12,078)
Suspension (164)
Tavern Creek (Miller County, Missouri) (4)
Total length 125-175 feet (2,737)
Wooden deck (5,164)

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Comments 

Buechter Bridge
Posted May 15, 2008, by mike (centmo3088 [at] live [dot] com)

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.

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