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Bridge Looking Upstream From The East

Photo taken Fall 1987 by Lloyd Grotjan for the Historic American Engineering Record

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Main Span Looking Downstream From The West

Photo taken Fall 1987 by Lloyd Grotjan for the Historic American Engineering Record

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View Looking From Right Bank Downstream

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North Portal

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South Portal

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Bridge Plate South Portal

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North Abutment

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Underside From Left Bank Down Stream

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Left Bank Piers Main Span

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Upper Chord Connection

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Portal Connection

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Lower Panel Connection

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Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss over Lamine River on Buffalo Prairie Drive south of Blackwater
Location
Cooper County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by a new bridge in 1988
History
Built 1904 by A.M. Blodgett of Kansas City
Builder
- A.M. Blodgett
Design
Pin-connected, 10-panel Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 180.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.92173, -92.98244   (decimal degrees)
38°55'18" N, 92°58'57" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/501522/4308090 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 48 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 22
USGS topographic map
Pilot Grove North
Inventory number
BH 21363 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log 

  • August 25, 2008: New photos from James Baughn

Sources 

  • HAER MO-33 - Roberts Bluff Bridge
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com