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Overview: Abandoned through truss bridge over St. Johns Bayou on CR 732
Location: New Madrid County, Missouri
Status: Closed to all traffic
Future prospects: Available for reuse
History: Built 1917 by the Vincennes Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1980; closed to traffic ca. 2000
Builder: - Vincennes Bridge Co. of Vincennes, Indiana
Design: Pin-connected, 8-panel Camelback Pratt through truss with wooden deck
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 140.1 ft.
Total length: 144.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.7 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called: St. Johns Bayou Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.61112, -89.46292 (decimal degrees)
36°36'40" N, 89°27'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/279728/4054558 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 23 N., R. 15 E., Sec. 29
USGS topographic map: Hubbard Lake
Inventory numbers: MONBI 15840 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22157 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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March 1, 2005: Posted new photos

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Missouri Historic Bridge Inventory

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Knotts Bridge

Posted April 8, 2012, by D. W. Adams (weetbixmarmite [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Let me tell you right now that if you go looking for this bridge, you're gonna have fun! But it's gonna be well worth it. The deck is still in really good condition and it's so beautiful back off in there!