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HAER photo: Overview

These photos from the Historic American Engineering Record show the bridge before it was replaced [HAER photos taken November 1991 by Clayton B. Fraser]
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HAER photo: South portal

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Overview
Lost wrought-iron through truss bridge over South Fork Salt River on CR 645 just south of Santa Fe
Location
Monroe County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by a modern bridge
History
Built 1888 as a two-span bridge near Florida by the St. Louis Bridge & Iron Co.; relocated here in 1932; replaced 1992
Builder
- St. Louis Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri
Design
Main span: Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 136.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.36625, -91.81936   (decimal degrees)
39°21'58" N, 91°49'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey
T. 53 N., R. 8 W., Sec. 20
USGS topographic map
Santa Fe
Inventory number
BH 22130 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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19th Century (1,760)
7-panel truss (92)
Built 1888 (47)
Built during 1880s (491)
HAER documented (293)
Lost (602)
Missouri (2,371)
Monroe County, Missouri (48)
Owned by county (14,182)
Pin-connected (441)
Pratt truss (1,443)
Relocated (122)
Replaced by new bridge (486)
Span length 125-175 feet (1,999)
St. Louis Bridge & Iron Co. (4)
Through truss (5,274)
Truss (15,821)
Wooden deck (5,159)
Wrought iron (8)

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