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American Mill Bridge

Jasper County, Missouri

Photos 

Distant View To North

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #124053

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Center Creek on CR 110 southeast of Carthage
Location
Jasper County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by a modern bridge
History
Built 1886 by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; replaced 1985
Builder
- Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. of Leavenworth, Kansas
Design
Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 89.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.3 ft.
Also called
Fournoy Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.11897, -94.25769   (decimal degrees)
37°07'08" N, 94°15'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/388267/4108810 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Fidelity
Land survey
T. 28 N., R. 31 W., Sec. 25
Inventory number
BH 21724 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,852)
6-panel truss (664)
Built 1886 (199)
Built during 1880s (2,059)
HAER documented (1,109)
Jasper County, Missouri (104)
Lost (26,415)
Lost 1985 (146)
Lost during 1980s (1,449)
Missouri (6,335)
 Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. (117)
Owned by county (21,236)
Pin-connected (4,063)
Pratt through truss (5,646)
Pratt truss (9,681)
Replaced by new bridge (17,899)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,536)
Through truss (15,749)
Truss (33,911)
Wooden deck (6,102)

Update Log 

  • September 14, 2008: New photos from James Baughn
  • February 13, 2005: Posted new photos

Sources 

  • HAER MO-25 - American Mill Bridge
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
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American Mill Bridge
Posted September 1, 2016, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Was reading the HAER documentation about this bridge and noticed the following paragraph:

"As the proposed bridge replacement project progresses, the American Mill Bridge metal truss and stone abutments will be matchmarked, disassembled, and transported to Hermann, Missouri. There it will be reassembled over Frene Creek for use as a pedestrian bridge. First Missouri Bank of Gasconade County has accepted responsibility for the transport and reassembly of the bridge in an appropriate setting."

I can't find any through truss bridge over this creek and assume that perhaps this was never completed.