Diversion Channel Old US 61 Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Lost three-span through truss bridge over the Diversion Channel between Cape Girardeau and Scott City on Old US 61, just east of the I-55 bridge
- Location
- Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
- Status
- Bridge removed and never replaced
- History
- Built 1924-25, replacing a series of temporary bridges across the Diversion Channel on Rock Levee Road, located to the east.
- Design
- From north to south:
5-panel Pratt through truss
8-panel Parker through truss
5-panel Pratt through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.24459, -89.56412 (decimal degrees)
37°14'41" N, 89°33'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/272566/4125086 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Scott City
- Inventory number
- BH 21103 (Bridgehunter.com ID)