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Photo taken May 1992 by Lloyd Grotjan for the Historic American Engineering Record

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Big River on Klondike Road northeast of Morse Mill
Location: Jefferson County, Missouri
Status: Replaced by modern bridge
History: Built 1900 by the St. Louis Bridge & Iron Co. as a two-span bridge at Times Beach over the Meramec River. One span relocated here in 1933; replaced by a new bridge in 1993
Builder: - St. Louis Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri
Design: Main span: Pin-connected, 10-panel Camelback Pratt through truss
West approach: 3-panel Pratt pony truss, 50 feet long
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 225.2 ft.
Total length: 275.2 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.29564, -90.63375 (decimal degrees)
38°17'44" N, 90°38'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/706927/4241266 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Cedar Hill
Inventory number: BH 21762 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Votaw Bridge (Parts reused from) - One of the two Votaw Road spans - approach and main span - was moved to Klondike Road in the summer of 1933