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Overview |
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Main span |
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South side |
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East approach |
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Deck view |
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Platform |
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Top of pier |
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Plaque Missouri Highway Dept. Bridge No. J952 1932 |
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Second plaque Built by M.E. Gillioz Contractor Monett, MO |
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High water |
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Postcard This historic postcard shows the bridge before the construction of Bull Shoals Lake |
Facts
- Overview
- Open-spandrel arch bridge over Swan Creek (part of Bull Shoals Lake) on Old US 160 near Forsyth
- Location
- Forsyth, Taney County, Missouri
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1932 by contractor M.E. Gillioz; made obsolete in 1951 by the parallel truss bridge
- Builder
- - M.E. Gillioz of Monett, Missouri
- Design
- Open-spandrel arch
- Dimensions
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Total length: 345.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.68365, -93.10528 (decimal degrees)
36°41'01" N, 93°06'19" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/490593/4059784 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 24 N., R. 20 W., Sec. 33
- USGS topographic map
- Forsyth
- Inventory numbers
- Originally SHD J-952
BH 22735 (Bridgehunter.com ID)