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Overview

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Deck view

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Close-up of truss

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Old south abutment

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Underneath

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Vertical endpost

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Behind the joint

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Facts 

Overview
Bedstead pony truss bridge over Gans Creek just off MO 163 in Rock Bridge State Park
Location
Boone County, Missouri
Status
Retrofitted for pedestrian use only
Design
Pin-connected, 4-panel Pratt bedstead pony truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.87538, -92.32433   (decimal degrees)
38°52'31" N, 92°19'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey
T. 47 N., R. 12 W., Sec. 7
Inventory number
BH 20901 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Comments 

Gans Creek Bridge
Posted September 22, 2006, by Nathan Holth

Do people who restore truss bridges make a point of hiding the very bridge they are restoring? Is there actually a truss bridge behind the wooden fort there?!