Lemay Ferry Bridge
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Facts
- Overview
- Lost two-span through truss bridge over Meramec River on US 61/67 north of Arnold in Oakville
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge in September 2004; old bridge demolished November 2004
- History
- Built 1933
- Builder
- - Samuel Kraus Co. (Contractor)
- Design
- Pair of riveted, skewed 9-panel Parker through trusses
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 211.2 ft.
Total length: 844.9 ft.
Deck width: 42.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.45681, -90.36098 (decimal degrees)
38°27'25" N, 90°21'40" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/730272/4259800 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 43 N., R. 6 E., Sec. 16
- Elevation
- 423 ft. above sea level
- USGS topographic map
- Oakville
- Inventory numbers
- MoDOT K-205 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 5714 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22641 (Bridgehunter.com ID)