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Knotts Bridge

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Photo taken by James Baughn

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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
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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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!