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Organ Ferry Bridge
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According to http://www.rallscounty.org/NewLondon/NewLondonHistory.pdf Organ Ferry Branch joined the Salt River about one mile east of New London. In January 1956 an overloaded truck fell through the floor of the bridge.About Organ Ferry
Written by Clark VanceFrom http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kriegbaum/khn0203.html
ANDREW JACKSON ORGAN, born in the Old Alford Hotel in New London, MO. Parents from Bourbon CO., Kentucky, and came to Missouri in 1824....
Archibald ORGAN was his son and married POLLY KRIGBAUM, had a ferry across Salt River east of New London. The bridge over Salt River has long been called Organ Ferry Bridge.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss bridge near New London
- Location
- Ralls County, Missouri
- Status
- No longer exists
- History
- Collapsed under truck in Jan 1956. On a state highway between New London and Hannibal.
- Design
- Pin-connected, 10-panel Pratt through truss with inclined upper chord
- Also called
- MO Route V bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.58649, -91.37048 (decimal degrees)
39°35'11" N, 91°22'14" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/639934/4383131 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 55 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 5
- Elevation
- 506 ft. above sea level
- USGS topographic map
- Hannibal SE, MO
- Inventory number
- BH 22411 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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