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Ash Grove Bridge

Greene County, Missouri
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Photos 

Oblique view

Photo taken December 2005 by David Backlin

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost three-span open-spandrel arch bridge over Sac River on US 160 just west of Ash Grove
Location
Greene County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1926 by contractor A.P. Poirot of Belleville, Illinois; demolished May 2006
Builder
- A.P. Poirot (Contractor)
Design
Open-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 310.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.33169, -93.61433   (decimal degrees)
37°19'54" N, 93°36'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/445577/4131845 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 30 N., R. 24 W., Sec. 18
USGS topographic map
Ash Grove
Inventory numbers
MoDOT H-123AMONBI 4871 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 4871 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21529 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2004)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 71.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
2,392

Categories 

A.P. Poirot (2)
Arch (9,419)
Built 1926 (472)
Built during 1920s (7,033)
Concrete balustrade (425)
Deck arch (8,700)
Functionally obsolete (7,040)
Greene County, Missouri (85)
HAER documented (781)
Lost (10,361)
 Lost 2006 (210)
Lost during 2000s (3,091)
Missouri (4,522)
Open-spandrel arch (582)
Owned by state (9,808)
Replaced by new bridge (7,135)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,299)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)
US 160 (19)

Update Log 

  • December 6, 2008: New photos from James Baughn
  • May 10, 2006: David Backlin sends word that the bridge has been closed for imminent demolition

Sources 

  • David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
  • HAER MO-110 - Sac River Bridge, Spanning Sac River at U.S. Route 160, Ash Grove vicinity, Greene County, MO
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
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Ash Grove Bridge
Posted July 29, 2008, by Diane (vbvixendi [at] aol [dot] com)

The bridge is still there. They did not redo the bridge, but only realigned the road on either side.

Ash Grove Bridge
Posted April 12, 2007, by Shawn (elctrcblu0206 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

That's a shame, it has quite a bit of nice, classic architecture to it.

Ash Grove Bridge
Posted May 13, 2006, by fraser macdonald (ftmacdonald [at] shaw [dot] ca)

Why destroy such a beautiful piece of workmanship?

What a shame!