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Rock Quarry Bridge

Photo taken by Chris Gonnerman in March 2012

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

BH Photo #229171

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Hinkson Creek on Rock Quarry Road in Columbia
Location: Columbia, Boone County, Missouri
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1911 by the Missouri Bridge & Iron Co.; closed to pedestrian use Oct. 2014, demolished 2015
Builder: - Missouri Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri
Design: Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 103.0 ft.
Total length: 105.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.0 ft.
Also called: Capen Park Bridge
Rock Quarry Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.92986, -92.32316 (decimal degrees)
38°55'47" N, 92°19'23" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/558666/4309210 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Columbia
Land survey: T. 48 N., R. 12 W., Sec. 19
Inventory numbers: MO 010-093000.9 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
BH 42703 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

November 16, 2015: Updated by Elliott Johnson: bridge has been removed according to recent imagery.
March 29, 2015: Updated by James Baughn: Bridge is doomed
September 24, 2013: New photos from James Baughn
April 6, 2012: Updated by Chris Gonnerman: Updated bridge truss description.
June 13, 2010: Updated by James Baughn: Bing Bird's Eye view confirms bridge is still standing and open to pedestrians
June 4, 2009: Added by James Baughn

Missouri Historic Bridge Inventory
Chris Gonnerman
City still waiting to replace 100-year-old bridge - Columbia Daily Tribune, March 29, 2015
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