Photos
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View To West HAER photos taken October 1986 by James Dale Roach Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View To North-Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View To South Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Deck Support System, Lower Chord Panel Point Connections, View East-Northeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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East Portal, View To East Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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West Portal, View To West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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West Portal, View To East Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail Of Truss Panels, View To East Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail Of Deck And Lower Panel Point Connection Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Bearing, Southeast Corner Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail Of Vertical Member Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Greg Hall |
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Photo taken by Greg Hall |
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Photo taken by Greg Hall |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss bridge over Pomme de Terre River on 475th Road between the ends of Route Y and Route YY
- Location
- Polk County, Missouri
- Status
- No longer exists
- History
- Built 1884-85 on the Bolivar-Buffalo Road at Burns by the King Bridge Co.; relocated to Sunset Ford in 1931-32
- Builder
- - King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
- Design
- Pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 161.0 ft.
Deck width: 10.3 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
- Inventory number
- BH 22363 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- HAER MO-27 - Sunset Bridge
- Greg Hall - cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
Comments
GPS actual 37 33.262, 93 18.434
Photo's of west abutment. East abutment is gone.
Photo 1: taken from new bridge
Photo 2: Looking East. Concrete placed where deck surface used to be. Railing on approach in different
Photo 3: East abutment, railing
Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.