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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

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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.
Design
Open-spandrel arch
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 23, 1991
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.80531, -93.46224   (decimal degrees)
36°48'19" N, 93°27'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
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)

Categories 

Arch (7,566)
Built 1927 (348)
Built during 1920s (4,045)
Concrete balustrade (80)
Deck arch (6,659)
MO 13 (7)
Missouri (2,371)
NR-listed (1,485)
Open to pedestrians (420)
Open-spandrel arch (204)
Stone County, Missouri (6)

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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.