Historic Bridges of the U.S.

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HAER photo: Side view

These photos from the Historic American Engineering Record show the bridge when it was still in use [HAER photos taken October 1986 by James Dale Roach]

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HAER photo: Portal

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Photo taken by Greg Hall

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Facts

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Pomme de Terre River on 475th Road between the ends of Route Y and Route YY
Location: Polk County, Missouri
Status: No longer exists
History: Built 1884-85 on the Bolivar-Buffalo Road at Burns by the King Bridge Co.; relocated to Sunset Ford in 1931-32
Builder: - King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Design: Pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 161.0 ft.
Deck width: 10.3 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
Inventory number: BH 22363 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Comments

Sunset Bridge

Posted February 20, 2007, by Greg Hall/Darren Gilmore (cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com)

GPS actual 37 33.262, 93 18.434

Photo's of west abutment. East abutment is gone.

Photo 1: taken from new bridge

Photo 2: Looking East. Concrete placed where deck surface used to be. Railing on approach in different

Photo 3: East abutment, railing

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