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Side View Of Bridge, Looking North

photo taken February 2, 1991 by Phillip Geller

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Side View Of Bridge, Looking South

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Oblique View Of Bridge, Looking Northeast

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View Of East Portal, Looking West

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View Of West Portal Of Bridge, Looking East

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View Of Overhead Bracing And Portal, Looking West

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View Of East Pier, Looking North

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View Showing Underside Of Truss, Looking Southeast

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View Of West Pier, Looking Southeast

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Structural Detail View Of Railing At Southwest Corner Of Bridge

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Structural Detail View Of Intermediate Vertical Post And Diagonals

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Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss over Crooked River on Hartman Road just south of Route FF, northeast of Rayville
Location
Ray County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by a concrete bridge
History
Built 1893 by John Dildine and Company of Cameron, Missouri; replaced 1993
Builder
- Dildine Bridge & Construction Co. of Cameron, Missouri
Design
Pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 84.0 ft.
Total length: 140.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.36940, -94.04175   (decimal degrees)
39°22'10" N, 94°02'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/410263/4358288 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 53 N., R. 28 W., Sec. 28
Inventory numbers
MO 089-168000.2 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
BH 22438 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log 

  • September 13, 2008: New photos from James Baughn

Sources 

  • HAER MO-66 - Crooked River Bridge
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com