Buechter Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Swinging bridge over Tavern Creek on Buechter Bridge Road (CR A-16) southwest of St. Anthony
- Location
- Miller County, Missouri
- Status
- Dropped into creek November 1, 2011 and being replaced
- History
- Built ca. 1925 by Joseph Dice
- Builder
- - Joseph Dice
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Dimensions
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Span length: 141.0 ft.
Total length: 141.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 9.1 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.14118, -92.29667 (decimal degrees)
38°08'28" N, 92°17'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/561632/4221713 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 39 N., R. 13 W., Sec. 1
- USGS topographic map
- Saint Anthony
- Inventory numbers
- MONBI 19495 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22041 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 01/2009)
- Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 14.7 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
- 60
Update Log
- November 3, 2011: Updated by Tony Dillon: Updated status...as bridge is now lost.
- May 28, 2008: New photos from Joe Virruso
- March 8, 2005: Posted additional photo from Jeremy Lance
Sources
- Bridgemeister.com
- Joe Virruso - virrusofamily [at] att [dot] net
- Missouri Historic Bridge Inventory
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
Comments
can not belive they tore the bridge down a real loss
Another piece of irreplaceable American History comes crashing down.....
Todd Baslee photo
Picture as it was falling into the creek.
Buechter Bridge is no more. The suspension cables were cut and it was dropped in the creek, Tuesday November 1, 2011. Replacement is underway.
Sorry the Writing is so Small
It was announced last week that the county has found the funds to replace this bridge. It was originally slated to be dropped into the creek below and salvaged on November 15. They are stating now that the steel has arrived sooner than expected for the new bridge and the crossing will close Monday Oct. 24, 2011 and remain closed until further notice. No exact date was given for the demolition.
Very cool pictures Mike.
I frequently cross this bridge, but only in a pickup. It remains in service with a 2 ton posted limit. Hopefully the county will find the money to replace it someday. Here are a couple old pictures I have from sometime in the early 90's. This guy was lucky, he wasn't loaded. A few years later a loaded truck fell completely through and the driver was killed.
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