Historic Bridges of the U.S.

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Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Elk Fork Salt River on CR 875, southwest of Paris
Location: Monroe County, Missouri
Status: No longer exists
History: Built 1929 by the Dildine Bridge Co.; destroyed by flash flood July 26, 2008
Builder: - Dildine Bridge Co.
Design: Riveted, 6-panel Pratt through truss with a wooden deck
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 120.0 ft.
Total length: 159.0 ft.
Deck width: 11.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.6 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.43858, -92.02857 (decimal degrees)
39°26'19" N, 92°01'43" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/583596/4365898 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 54 N., R. 10 W., Sec. 28
USGS topographic map: Paris West
Inventory numbers: MO 069-205002.5 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 18956 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22095 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2006): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 33.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 30

Columbia Bridge

Posted July 27, 2008, by charles havens (bbigcnote [at] hotmail [dot] com)

this bridge was washed off of its colums and destroyed by flood waters on july 26th 2008. i have seen the damage first hand. it is gone.