Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Prospect Avenue Bridge

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Facts

Overview: Lost arch bridge over Brush Creek on Prospect Avenue
Location: Jackson County, Missouri
Status: No longer exists
History: Built 1909; rehabilitated 1977; replaced 2004
Design: Arch
Dimensions: Total length: 65.9 ft.
Deck width: 48.5 ft.
Land survey: T. 49 N., R. 33 W., Sec. 28
Inventory numbers: MONBI 25440 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21708 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Comments

Prospect Avenue Bridge

Posted June 18, 2008, by Max Johnson

This bridge cost several people their lives in the flood of 1998 after they tried to cross it in cars and were washed into the creek. Funding and voting for a few years took place and it was finally replaced by a steel stringer in 2004.