Ross Bridge

Photo

MO Department of Conservation photo

Photo taken October 1990 by Dawn Drainer-Stegeman

Courtesy of the Missouri State Archives, RG103 Department of Conservation Photograph Collection.

License: Public domain: Released by author

BH Photo #433084

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Big Piney River on Western Road
Location: Pulaski County, Missouri
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Built 1908 by the Canton Bridge Co.; replaced 1995
Builder: - Canton Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design: Pin-connected, 9-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 148.0 ft.
Total length: 245.1 ft.
Deck width: 11.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.8 ft.
Also called: Western Road Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.66441, -92.05231 (decimal degrees)
37°39'52" N, 92°03'08" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/583583/4169004 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Big Piney
Land survey: T. 34 N., R. 10 W., Sec. 8
Inventory numbers: MO 085-195002.8 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
BH 38612 (Bridgehunter.com ID)