Miller & Borcherding pony truss

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Baer Road Bridge (Monroe County, Illinois)
Replaced 1983
Lost Miller & Borcherding pony truss bridge over Valmeyer Drainage Ditch on Baer Road (TR 20)
Replaced by new bridge

Bollinger County Road 428 Bridge (Bollinger County, Missouri)
Probably built ca. 1930 by Miller & Borcherding Bridge Builders of St. Louis. Replaced 2003 or early 2004.
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

Buckeye Creek Bridge (Creek County, Oklahoma)
Built ca. 1910
Pony truss bridge over Buckeye Creek on 81st St. S. (E0670)
Open to traffic

Buffalo Ridge Road Bridge (Franklin County, Missouri)
Built 1919-20 by R.L. Miller; replaced 1999
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 by Miller & Borcherding
Lost pony truss bridge over Cane Creek on CR 410
Demolished Fall 2006 to make room for a replacement bridge

Fiddle Creek Bridge (Franklin County, Missouri)
Built 1920 by R.L. Miller; abandoned ca. 1989
Pony truss bridge over Fiddle Creek on Labadie Bottom Road
Oct. 29, 2011: Bridge is closed to public, but may be used for utilities. -JWF(OLD:Unknown status, but appears to still be standing on Google Maps)

Hargrove Bridge (Butler County, Missouri)
Completed Nov. 15, 1917, by Miller and Borcherding Bridge Builders of St. Louis. Closed in 1992 due to flood damage. Rehabilitated and reopened July 2, 1999.
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; replaced 1995
Lost Miller & Borcherding pony truss bridge over Harrisonville Ditch on Harris Road (TR 95)
Replaced by new bridge

Logan Creek Bridge (Callaway County, Missouri)
Built 1911 by Miller & Borcherding Bridge Builders of St. Louis. Made obsolete by new bridge in 1996.
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; replaced August 2005
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

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

Sinclair Inlet Bridge (Kitsap County, Washington)
Built 1961; rehabilitated 1997
Through truss bridge over Sinclair Inlet on WA 304 in Bremerton
Open to traffic

Slagle Creek Bridge (Bollinger County, Missouri)
Built ca. 1925 by Miller & Borcherding Bridge Builders of St. Louis, the company that built Hargrove Bridge using the same patented truss design
Pony truss bridge over Slagle Creek on CR 714 near the intersection with CR 720 southwest of Arab
Open to traffic on a gravel road with a 4 ton weight limit