Historic Bridges of the U.S.

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Overview from northwest

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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

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)

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.