Built 1883 by the Kansas City Bridge & Iron Co.; closed to traffic in the 1990s. Road originally called number 5 and ran between Pattonsburg and Santa Rosa Missouri. Highway 69, built in 1932 paralleled this road and bridge just 1 mile east
From north to south:
One pin-connected, 3-panel Pratt pony truss
One pin-connected, 11-panel, wrought iron Whipple through truss
One pin-connected Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 180.1 ft.
Total length: 331.1 ft.
Deck width: 11.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.6 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Old Road number 5 bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.02140, -94.13266(decimal degrees) 40°01'17" N, 94°07'58" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Posted June 28, 2017, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)
Okay, I know that all of you are probably staring at the incredible Whipple truss...
But, I was looking at the pony span, and I was paying special attention to the outriggers. I cannot tell for sure if they are cruciform or not. If, and this is a big if, but if they are cruciform, then perhaps the Kansas City Bridge & Iron Co. might be another company that used cruciform outriggers. This would not be too much of a surprise given that cruciform iron was readily available at one time and the related Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Works used it.
This is a highly significant bridge on many levels.
Grand River Bridge
Posted June 26, 2009, by Rich Kaduce (Richard_Kaduce [at] kcmo [dot] org)
I visited the bridge site in July of 2007. The approach structures and roadway deck have been removed. The main span was still in place and appeared to be sound. No broken connections or members that I could see from the south end of the bridge.
Okay, I know that all of you are probably staring at the incredible Whipple truss...
But, I was looking at the pony span, and I was paying special attention to the outriggers. I cannot tell for sure if they are cruciform or not. If, and this is a big if, but if they are cruciform, then perhaps the Kansas City Bridge & Iron Co. might be another company that used cruciform outriggers. This would not be too much of a surprise given that cruciform iron was readily available at one time and the related Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Works used it.
This is a highly significant bridge on many levels.