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Overview

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North portal

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Oblique view

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Overhead

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Truss from deck

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Upper chord hip joint

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North end

Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Abandoned through truss bridge over St. Johns Bayou on CR 732
Location
New Madrid County, Missouri
Status
Closed to all traffic
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.
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)

Update Log 

  • March 1, 2005: Posted new photos