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MKT Nature & Fitness Trail - Perche Creek Bridge

Boone County, Missouri

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Perche Creek MKT Trail Bridge

View from northeast end of bridge.

Photo taken by Chris Gonnerman in June 2012

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #232951

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Description 

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Facts 

Overview
Parker through truss bridge over Perche Creek on MKT Nature & Fitness Trail
Location
Boone County, Missouri
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1899
Railroads
- Missouri Midland Railway
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (MKT)
Design
9 panel Parker through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 190.0 ft.
Total length: 190.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.91179, -92.43049   (decimal degrees)
38°54'42" N, 92°25'50" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/549376/4307142 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Huntsdale
Inventory number
BH 45490 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,567)
9-panel truss (146)
Boone County, Missouri (86)
Built 1899 (396)
Built during 1890s (2,982)
MKT Nature & Fitness Trail (4)
Missouri (6,306)
Missouri Midland Railway (1)
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (186)
Open to pedestrians (4,220)
 Parker through truss (1,297)
Parker truss (1,678)
Pin-connected (3,901)
Rail-to-trail (1,544)
Railroad (15,426)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,989)
Through truss (15,075)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,269)
Truss (32,799)

Update Log 

  • June 14, 2016: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • June 3, 2012: Updated by Chris Gonnerman: Updated bridge truss description.
  • June 13, 2010: Added by James Baughn

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