Photos
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Portal Photos taken July 2005 by Bob Estes |
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Plaque 1917 The Canton Bridge Co. Buiders Canton Ohio |
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Bear Creek on CR 1620
- Location
- Cedar County, Missouri
- Status
- Open to one-lane traffic
- History
- Built 1917 by the Canton Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1988
- Builder
- - Canton Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
- Design
- Pin-connected, 8-panel Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 124.0 ft.
Total length: 125.9 ft.
Deck width: 11.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.1 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.65370, -93.63736 (decimal degrees)
37°39'13" N, 93°38'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/443778/4167584 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 34 N., R. 25 W., Sec. 26
- USGS topographic map
- Bearcreek
- Inventory numbers
- MO 020-287000.2 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 21045 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21199 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 02/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 19.7 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
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Comments
The 2006 dates of the previous message pictures were in error. I did not realize my camera was miss-dated the pictures should have read 2008/07/10 sorry for any confusion
wkb
I just drove over the old Bear Creek Bridge on Missouri Cedar County Road 1620. The Bridge as built in 1917 is still intact, however in need of repair. I took pictures of the Bridge Plaque and the car crossing the bridge. This Bear Creek Bridge has not been destroyed as of today.
wkb
Another one bites the dust! After a long fight by locals, the Bear Creek Bridge is being replaced by a modern bridge. When I saw it the flooring and plaques had been removed, preparatory to demolition.
This was one of the most picturesque bridges in the county. It was in a country setting, where is crossed the millpond above the dam at the site of one of the earliest gristmills in the county. The mill is gone but the dam remains. I am deeply saddened by the demise of this bridge.
