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View Of Bridge, Looking North

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View Of Bridge, Looking Northeast

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View Of Bridge, Looking East

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View Of Bridge, Looking West

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View Of East Portal, Looking East

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View Of West Portal, Looking West

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View Of Portal Connection, Southeast Corner

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View Of Top Chord Panel Point Connections, Looking West

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View Of Top Chord Panel Point Connection

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View Of Bottom Chord Panel Point Connections, Looking Southeast

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View Showing Deck Support System, Bottom Chord Panel Point Connection, Looking East

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Side View Of Bearing, Northwest Corner

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Top View Of Bearing, Southeast Corner

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Facts

Overview: Lost through truss over Sac River on Farm Road 34 southwest of Walnut Grove, near the Dade County line
Location: Greene County, Missouri
Status: Replaced by a concrete bridge
History: Built 1930 using recycled material; replaced 1991
Design: Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Total length: 110.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.38349, -93.61569 (decimal degrees)
37°23'01" N, 93°36'56" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/445494/4137593 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 31 N., R. 24 W., Sec. 30
USGS topographic map: Walnut Grove
Inventory number: BH 21535 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

September 14, 2008: New photos from James Baughn

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HAER MO-62 - Leeper Ford Bridge
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