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HAER photo: Side view

These photos from the Historic American Engineering Record show the bridge before it was replaced [HAER photos taken August 1979 by Metcalf Custom Photography]
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HAER photo: Portal view

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Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Shoal Creek on Lime Kiln Road north of Neosho in Neosho
Location
Newton County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by a modern bridge
History
Built 1882 as a railroad bridge by the King Bridge Co.; later relocated here for vehicular traffic; replaced 1980
Builder
- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Design
Pin-connected, 8-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 120.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.89579, -94.37009   (decimal degrees)
36°53'45" N, 94°22'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey
T. 25 N., R. 31 W., Sec. 7
USGS topographic map
Granby
Inventory number
BH 22169 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (1,707)
8-panel truss (82)
Built 1882 (32)
Built during 1880s (478)
HAER documented (282)
King Bridge Co. (43)
Lost (496)
Missouri (2,344)
Newton County, Missouri (18)
Pin-connected (413)
Pratt truss (1,382)
Relocated (121)
Replaced by new bridge (421)
Span length 100-125 feet (2,249)
Through truss (5,175)
Truss (15,707)

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