La Russell Bridge

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Overview

Photo taken by Greg Hall

BH Photo #105891

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: 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
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 (as of 04/2015): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 37.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2015): 50

La Russell Bridge

Posted July 20, 2014, by Chip Taylor (hotcharlie [at] gmail [dot] com)

Hey: Big news - they recently found the bridge to be fit for traffic and reopened it (see attached photo).