Photos
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View Showing Truss And Approach, Looking North Photos taken April 1989 by Gerald Averett Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Truss, Looking North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Bridge, Looking Northeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Bridge, Looking Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Showing Truss And Approach, Looking West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Truss, Looking West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Truss, Looking East Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of West Portal, Looking East Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of West Portal, Looking West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of East Portal, Looking East Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Showing Portal Connection, Northeast Corner Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Showing Top Chord Panel Point Connection Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Deck Support System, Showing Bottom Chord Panel Point Connections, Looking West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of West Abutment, Looking West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of East Abutment, Looking North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Showing Bearing, Northeast Corner Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss over James River on Blue Springs Road (CR 143) northwest of Nixa in Springfield
- Location
- Springfield, Christian County, Missouri
- Status
- Replaced by new concrete bridge
- History
- Built 1920-21 by the Pioneer Construction Co. of Kansas City; replaced 1990
- Builder
- - Pioneer Construction Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
- Design
- Pin-connected, 9-panel Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 157.0 ft.
Total length: 337.0 ft.
Deck width: 11.2 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 18.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.09189, -93.35707 (decimal degrees)
37°05'31" N, 93°21'25" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/468267/4105125 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 28 N., R. 22 W., Sec. 32
- USGS topographic map
- Nixa
- Inventory number
- BH 21248 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- HAER MO-52 - Howard Ford Bridge
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com