Rating:
3 votes
Red Bridge
Photos
View from northwest
Photos taken June 2005 by David Backlin when the bridge was undergoing repairs
BH Photo #104782
Facts
- Overview
- Three-span pony truss bridge over Bull Creek on Red Bridge Road southeast of Ozark
- Location
- Christian County, Missouri
- Status
- Open to one-lane traffic
- Future prospects
- Slated for demolition and replacement.
- History
- Built 1915 by the Canton Bridge Co.
- Builder
- - Canton Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
- Design
- Three pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt pony trusses
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 85.9 ft.
Total length: 255.0 ft.
Deck width: 11.5 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.87497, -93.15594 (decimal degrees)
36°52'30" N, 93°09'21" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/486102/4081013 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Day
- Land survey
- T. 25 N., R. 20 W., Sec. 8
- Elevation
- 960 ft. above sea level
- Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
- 25
- Inventory numbers
- MO 022-433000.4 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 23796 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21250 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of January 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 19.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- February 8, 2022: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is now doomed.
- January 31, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- April 3, 2012: New photos from Jason Smith
- June 23, 2005: Posted photos from David Backlin
Sources
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
- Missouri Historic Bridge Inventory
- Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Nathan Holth
- Christian County using American Rescue Plan money to replace three of the county’s oldest single-lane bridges
Comments
Red Bridge
Since this bridge was built before the area became Mark Twain National Forrest I assume it was more populated in the early 1900s. I would love to know more about the history around the bridge. Enjoyed seeing the bridge you don’t find many like it anymore!
Red Bridge
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WONDERFUL PHOTOS-WE JUST VISITED THIS BRIDGE AND IT IS SO NICELY MAINTAINED-BEAUTIFUL DRIVE - OUR ONLY WISH IS FOR A BIT MORE ROOM TO PARK FOR WALKING VIEWS/PHOTOS. THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE INVOLVED-TRULY WORTH YOUR EFFORTS.
Red Bridge
The substructure has undergone substantial renovation since your last listing.
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Since this bridge was built before the area became Mark Twain National Forrest I assume it was more populated in the early 1900s. I would love to know more about the history around the bridge. Enjoyed seeing the bridge you don’t find many like it anymore!