Cox Ford Bridge

Photos

View from southeast

Photo taken by James Baughn in May 2010

BH Photo #164215

Overview: Lost wrought iron through truss bridge over Shoal Creek on Bonanza Road
Location: Caldwell County, Missouri
Status: Caldwell County removed bridge and has it in storage.
History: Built 1888 by the King Iron Bridge Co.
Builder: - King Iron Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio [also known as King Bridge Co.]
Design: Pin-connected, wrought iron, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 113.9 ft.
Total length: 193.9 ft.
Deck width: 14.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.64253, -93.99156 (decimal degrees)
39°38'33" N, 93°59'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/414920/4388552 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Hamilton East
Land survey: T. 56 N., R. 28 W., Sec. 24
Inventory numbers: MO 013-342002.8 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
BH 42723 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

November 28, 2015: Updated by Erik Hoffman: Bridge is gone - Caldwell County has it in storage. Hopefully they do something good with it.
November 26, 2015: This bridge appears to be gone on aerial imagery
May 5, 2010: New photos from James Baughn
June 6, 2009: Added by James Baughn

Cox Ford Bridge

Posted November 30, 2015, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

Does anyone have a source for the fact that this is in storage? I was told that it had been scrapped.