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Rutherford Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Cedar Creek east of Englewood Road, beyond the end of Route H
- Location
- Boone County, Missouri, and Callaway County, Missouri
- Status
- Closed to automobile traffic and retrofitted for pedestrian use
- Future prospects
- Preserved
- Design
- Pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.81799, -92.14392 (decimal degrees)
38°49'05" N, 92°08'38" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/574319/4296926 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Millersburg SW
- Inventory number
- BH 20915 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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When I was researching the name for the McIntyre Bridge which was called the McDowell Bridge for the NRHP, I utilized old maps from the County. Bridges were often named for the people that lived in that area.
In this case I knew the name couldn't be McDowell because there lands were upstream, and in fact, it turned out this was corroborated by older residents, a road worker and the maps.
So if you are a Rutherford from that area, it just might be named after your family. The maps can sometimes be found online, scanned by various groups. Pretty cool research.
Julie