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Side view

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Oblique view

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Overview from northwest

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Close-up of piers

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Underneath main span

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Underneath approach

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Southwest abutment

Map 

Vicinity Map

Vicinity map

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Facts 

Overview
Abandoned through truss bridge over Salt River on CR 115
Location
Pike County, Missouri
Status
Abandoned with deck removed
History
Built 1907 by the Missouri Bridge & Iron Co.
Builder
- Missouri Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri
Design
Pin-connected, 14-panel Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 293.9 ft.
Total length: 450.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.50552, -91.16988   (decimal degrees)
39°30'20" N, 91°10'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/657344/4374475 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 55 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 30
USGS topographic map
Ashburn
Inventory numbers
MO 082-018001.8 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
BH 22311 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log 

  • June 6, 2005: Posted new photos

Comments 

Ashburn Bridge
Posted March 22, 2007, by Bob Kasal (cherry63376 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This bridge is in the middle of nowwhere. I can not guess what purpose it would have had. It sure was fun finding it.

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