Miller & Borcherding Bridge Builders

of St. Louis, Missouri
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Bend Road Bridge (Franklin County, Missouri)
Built 1916
Two-span through truss bridge over Meramec River on Bend Road (Route N), southwest of Pacific
Gone. There is still vidence of the north abutment and the earth ramp approch on the south.

Big Lake Creek Bridge on Greenville-Patterson Road (Wayne County, Missouri)
Built 1915
Lost Pony truss bridge over Big Lake Creek on Greenville-Patterson Rd
Demolished

Bird's Nest Bridge (Crawford County, Missouri)
contractor, 1914
Through truss bridge over Meramec River on Bird's Nest Road north of Steelville
Closed to all traffic and posted against trespassing

Bollinger County Road 428 Bridge (Bollinger County, Missouri)
Lost pony truss bridge on CR 428 north of Advance over Ditch No. 8
Replaced with a new bridge made from a recycled train car chassis

Bollinger County Road 628 Bridge (Bollinger County, Missouri)
Built ca. 1920
Lost pony truss bridge over a drainage ditch on CR 628
Replaced by new bridge

Buffalo Ridge Road Bridge (Franklin County, Missouri)
Built 1920
Lost pony truss bridge over Middle Fork of Cedar Fork on Buffalo Ridge Road
Replaced by modern bridge

Cane Creek CR 410 Truss Bridge (Butler County, Missouri)
Built ca. 1920
Lost pony truss bridge over Cane Creek on CR 410
Demolished Fall 2006 to make room for a replacement bridge

Cane Creek CR 411 Bridge (Butler County, Missouri)
Built 1916
Lost pony truss bridge over Cane Creek at intersection CR 411 and CR 410 northwest of Poplar Bluff
Replaced by a concrete span, but pile of steel beams from old bridge remain

Cape County Road 279 Bridge (Cape Girardeau County, Missouri)
Built ca. 1925
Lost pony truss bridge on CR 279 straddling the Bollinger-Cape Girardeau County line over Ditch No. 8
Replaced with a concrete bridge

Dolles Mill Bridge (Bollinger County, Missouri)
Built 1913
Lost through truss bridge over Whitewater River northwest of Sedgewickville near Bollinger/Dolles Mill
Replaced by a new bridge

Drake School Road Bridge (Gasconade County, Missouri)
Built 1915
Pony truss bridge over Little Barren Fork on Drake School Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Fiddle Creek Bridge (Franklin County, Missouri)
Built 1920
Pony truss bridge over Fiddle Creek on Labadie Bottom Road
Collapsed

Hargrove Bridge (Butler County, Missouri)
Built 1917
Swing bridge with two pony trusses over Black River on CR 658
Open to one-lane traffic on a gravel road with an 8 ton weight limit

Harris Road Bridge (Monroe County, Illinois)
Built ca. 1940
Lost Miller & Borcherding pony truss bridge over Harrisonville Ditch on Harris Road (TR 95)
Replaced by new bridge

Hartmann's Ford Bridge (Franklin County, Missouri)
Built 1916
Lost through truss bridge over Bourbeuse River on North Bend Road near Union
Replaced by a new bridge

Hutchison Lane Bridge (Ralls County, Missouri)
Built 1913
Pony truss bridge over East Lick Creek on Hutchison Lane just west of MO 19
Open to traffic

Kingston Ford Bridge (Washington County, Missouri)
Built 1886
Closed through truss bridge over Big River just northeast of Washington State Park
Closed to all traffic

Kingston Slough Bridge (Jefferson County, Missouri)
Built 1917
Lost pony truss bridge over a slough of Big River on Big River Heights Road
Replaced by new bridge

Leeper Branch Bridge (Callaway County, Missouri)
Built 1914
Replaced pony truss bridge over Leeper Branch on CR 260
Sitting abandoned in field

Lesterville Bridge (Reynolds County, Missouri)
Built 1917
Lost three-span through truss bridge over Black River on Peola Road (CR 342)
Demolished during June 2004

Logan Creek Bridge (Callaway County, Missouri)
Built 1911
Abandoned pony truss bridge over Logan Creek on CR 464, just off MO 94
Abandoned, but mostly intact

Main Ditch CR 307 Bridge (Butler County, Missouri)
Built 1915
Lost pony truss bridge over Main Ditch (Pike Creek) on CR 307 (Lone Star Road) just south of Poplar Bluff in Poplar Bluff
Replaced by a new bridge

Quinette Road Bridge (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Built 1913
Lost pony truss bridge over Grand Glaize Creek on Quinette Road in Manchester
Demolished

Qulin Bridge (Butler County, Missouri)
Built 1930
Lost pony truss bridge over a drainage ditch northwest of Qulin on CR 655
Replaced by new concrete bridge in 2004

Sappington Bridge (Crawford County, Missouri)
1914 repairs, 1904
Lost through truss bridge over Meramec River southeast of Sullivan beyond the end of Route D
No longer exists

Schluersburg Road Bridge (St. Charles County, Missouri)
Built 1913
Lost through truss bridge over Femme Osage Creek on Schluersburg Road
Replaced by new bridge

Slagle Creek Bridge (Bollinger County, Missouri)
Built ca. 1925
Pony truss bridge over Slagle Creek on CR 714
Open to traffic

Stueber Road Bridge (Crawford County, Missouri)
Construction, 1917
Pony truss bridge over a branch of Little Bourbeuse River on Stueber Road
Replaced by a new bridge