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HAER photo This photo from the Historic American Engineering Record shows the bridge while it was still in use [HAER photo taken Oct. 11, 1988 by Phillip Geller] |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss over Grand River on CR 127 (Topper Road) west of Lock Springs
- Location
- Daviess County, Missouri
- Status
- Replaced by a concrete bridge
- History
- Built 1927 by Chillicothe Iron Co.; replaced 1990
- Builder
- - Chillicothe Iron Co.
- Design
- Main span: Riveted, 8-panel Pratt through truss
Approaches: Four riveted Warren pony trusses, two on each end
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 150.0 ft.
Total length: 408.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.84479, -93.79702 (decimal degrees)
39°50'41" N, 93°47'49" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Land survey
- T. 58 N., R. 26 W., Sec. 10
- Inventory number
- BH 21412 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- HAER MO-45 - Lewis Mill Bridge