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Doxie Creek Bridge

Chariton County, Missouri

Photos 

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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BH Photo #116792

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost five-span skewed pony truss bridge over Doxie Creek on MO 5
Location
Chariton County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1928 by McGlone and Walesby Company, St. Joseph Structural Steel Co. engineering; replaced 1999
Builder
- McGlone and Walesby Co.
Design
Warren pony truss with alternating verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 402.9 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Skew angle
60 degrees
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.27191, -92.84998   (decimal degrees)
39°16'19" N, 92°50'60" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/512940/4346962 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Forest Green
Land survey
T. 52 N., R. 17 W., Sec. 32
Inventory numbers
MoDOT H-667 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 21224 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1928 (1,221)
Built during 1920s (10,259)
Chariton County, Missouri (121)
HAER documented (1,122)
Lost (28,561)
Lost 1999 (461)
Lost during 1990s (4,148)
MO 5 (17)
McGlone and Walesby Co. (1)
Missouri (6,563)
Owned by state (16,566)
 Pony truss (17,023)
Replaced by new bridge (19,427)
Riveted (2,518)
Skewed (5,012)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,554)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,513)
Truss (35,523)
Warren pony truss (3,560)
Warren pony truss with alternating verticals (789)
Warren truss (7,007)

Update Log 

  • July 7, 2008: New photos from Historic American Engineering Record

Sources 

  • Historic American Engineering Record
  • library.modot - MoDOT copy of HAER MO-105-30

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