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Overview

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Looking southwest

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West portal

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East portal

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View from the northeast

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West span side view

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East span side view

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Distant view from west

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Behind the west portal

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Deck view

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Looking overhead

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Bent guardrail

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Gaps in deck planking

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Missing board

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Guardrail connector

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Upper chord hip joint

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Eyebars

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Uneven boards along deck

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Rusting stringers

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Damage to abutment and joint

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Replacement bridge under construction

Map

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Facts

Overview: Lost two-span through truss bridge over Cedar Creek on CR 540
Location: Washington County, Missouri
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built ca. 1910; replaced 2004
Design: Pair of pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt through trusses with a wooden deck
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 101.0 ft.
Total length: 202.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.77382, -90.74006 (decimal degrees)
37°46'26" N, 90°44'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: T. 35 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 6
Inventory numbers: MO 110-086004.0 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 15154 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22777 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

June 5, 2006: Stephanie Haynes reports that bridge is long gone

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Cedar Creek Bridge

Posted May 31, 2006, by Stephanie Haynes (vlyvufrm [at] misn [dot] com)

The old bridge was dismantled and removed after the new bridge opened.