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Clear Creek Bridge

Greene County, Missouri

Photos 

View Of Bridge, Looking Northwest

Photo taken April 1988 by Gerald Averett for the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #124107

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Clear Creek on Farm Road 33
Location
Greene County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by modern bridge
History
Built 1896 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1904 by the Canton Bridge Co.; replaced 1991
Builder
- Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design
Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 99.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.36536, -93.57754   (decimal degrees)
37°21'55" N, 93°34'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/448859/4135560 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ash Grove
Land survey
T. 30 N., R. 24 W., Sec. 4
Inventory number
BH 21531 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,397)
6-panel truss (791)
A-frame portal (487)
Built 1896 (289)
Built during 1890s (3,195)
Greene County, Missouri (99)
HAER documented (1,122)
Lost (28,533)
Lost 1991 (329)
Lost during 1990s (4,147)
 Missouri (6,563)
Pin-connected (4,712)
Pratt through truss (6,061)
Pratt truss (10,306)
Replaced by new bridge (19,406)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,655)
Through truss (16,816)
Truss (35,501)
Wooden deck (6,162)
Wrought Iron Bridge Co. (443)

Update Log 

  • February 15, 2010: Updated by Joshua Collins: added gps coordinates
  • September 14, 2008: New photos from James Baughn
  • January 31, 2005: Posted new photos

Sources 

  • Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
  • HAER MO-41 - Clear Creek Bridge, Spanning Clear Creek on Farm Road 33, Ash Grove vicinity, Greene County, MO
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com

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