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Tuscumbia Swinging Bridge
Description
Built for the Tuscumbia Bridge Company by Joseph Dice and operated as a toll bridge. MO highway 17 had a break at the river so residents successfully lobbied for a wider, free bridge which replaced this one in 1932, completing MO 17 through the county.Facts
- Overview
- Lost swinging bridge over Osage River at Tuscumbia on what is now MO 17
- Location
- Miller County, Missouri
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1905 by Joseph Dice; replaced 1932
- Builder
- - Joseph Dice
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Dimensions
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Total length: 618.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.23483, -92.44961 (decimal degrees)
38°14'05" N, 92°26'59" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/548168/4232014 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Tuscumbia
- Land survey
- T. 40 N., R. 14 W., Sec. 11
- Inventory number
- BH 22054 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 15, 2021: Document added by Clark Vance
- January 15, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- May 23, 2019: New photo from Joe Sonderman
- April 12, 2019: Updated by Clark Vance: History and data
- April 2, 2007: Posted photos of remaining artifacts
Related Bridges
- Tuscumbia Bridge (Successor)
Sources
- Darrin Williams - DWilliams [at] Watlow [dot] com
- Bridgemeister.com
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- MO DOT - History of the successor including history of this original
- Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
- Joe Sonderman
- Geoff Hubbs
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I was wrong about the total length of this bridge. It was actually only about 600' long. It was, however, the most challenging bridge Joe Dice built due to the high bluff on the opposite side of the Osage.
Sorry for the misinformation. . .