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Overview from northwest

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View from southeast

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Main span from north

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Close-up of one arch

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Close-up of top of arch

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Underneath the arches

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Close-up of a pier

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Approaching the "Y"

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Behind the split

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Beneath the split

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Both ramps

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South ramp

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Below the south ramp

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North ramp

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Below the north ramp

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Deck view

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West end

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Close-up of balustrade

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Plaque

Missouri
Highway Dept
Bridge No H.404
1926

Map 

Vicinity Map

Vicinity map

Map links:

Facts 

Overview
Five-span open-spandrel arch bridge with Y-shaped approach over James River at Galena
Location
Stone County, Missouri
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Opened November 1927, replacing an earlier truss bridge. Made obsolete by a new highway bridge in 1986 and closed to vehicular traffic.
Builder
- Koss Construction Co. (Contractor)
Design
Open-spandrel arch
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.80531, -93.46224   (decimal degrees)
36°48'19" N, 93°27'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/458767/4073374 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Galena
Inventory numbers
MoDOT H-404 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
NRHP 91000591 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 22708 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Comments 

Galena Y Bridge
Posted December 6, 2005, by stormin norman (noneofyourbusiness [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I live in Zanesville, Ohio . The OFFICIAL Y-BRIDGE CITY. Ours is part of the Famous Zanes National Road built around 1900. Which is STILL used for public transportation.