Rating:
3 votes
La Russell Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Spring River on CR 1000, northeast of La Russell
- Location
- Lawrence County, Missouri, and Jasper County, Missouri
- Status
- Open
- History
- Built 1898 by the Kansas City Bridge Co.
- Builder
- - Kansas City Bridge Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
- Design
- Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 120.0 ft.
Total length: 123.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Bowers Mill Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.15332, -94.05635 (decimal degrees)
37°09'12" N, 94°03'23" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/406173/4112774 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- La Russell
- Land survey
- T. 28 N., R. 29 W., Sec. 12
- Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
- 50
- Inventory numbers
- MO 055-178000.0 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 18225 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21855 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of February 2009)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 20.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- August 13, 2018: New photo from Nick Schmiedeler
- August 12, 2018: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler
- September 11, 2016: New photos from Jack Schmidt
- July 21, 2014: Updated by Ralph Demars: Updated Status
- May 19, 2012: New photo from Larry Dooley
- December 13, 2008: New photo from Gene McCluney
- January 11, 2007: Posted photos from Greg Hall
Sources
- Greg Hall - cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com
- Gene McCluney - gmacfilm [at] live [dot] com
- Missouri Historic Bridge Inventory
- Larry Dooley
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Nick Schmiedeler - nick [at] nickschmiedeler [dot] com
Comments
La Russell Bridge
Drove over this beauty today. Small holes rotting all the way through on about 5 planks, but nothing dangerous. Cool spot, totally creeps up on you.
La Russell Bridge
Hey: Big news - they recently found the bridge to be fit for traffic and reopened it (see attached photo).
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The La Russell Bridge has had some work done on it! There is a new steel grate deck and new concrete approaches on both ends! Photos taken May 26, 2019!