Santa Fe Truss Bridge

Photos 

Photo taken November 1991 by Clayton B. Fraser for the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #123853

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Lost wrought-iron through truss bridge over South Fork Salt River on CR 645 just south of Santa Fe

Location

Monroe County, Missouri

Status

Replaced by a modern bridge

History

Built 1888 as a triple-span bridge near Florida, MO by the St. Louis Bridge & Iron Co.; relocated here in 1932; replaced 1992

Builder

- St. Louis Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri

Design

Main span: Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 137.1 ft.
Total length: 222.1 ft.
Deck width: 13.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.4 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.36625, -91.81936   (decimal degrees)
39°21'58" N, 91°49'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/601705/4358085 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Santa Fe

Land survey

T. 53 N., R. 8 W., Sec. 20

Inventory numbers

MoDOT 069-024000.1 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 22130 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• September 1, 2014: Updated by K. Allen Ballard: Added photo of Bridge at Florida, which was actually a triple span through truss.
• September 13, 2008: New photos from James Baughn
• February 11, 2005: Posted new photos

Sources 

• HAER MO-68 - Santa Fe Bridge
• James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
• K. Allen Ballard - speedeeprint [at] gmail [dot] com

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