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Morton Bridge

Ray County, Missouri

Photos 

Overview

Facing Northeast

Photo taken by John Kritos in July 2007

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BH Photo #124856

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Crooked River on Landing Road
Location
Ray County, Missouri
Status
Open to traffic with 3 Ton Weight Limit
History
Built 1889 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co.
Builder
- Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design
Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 102.0 ft.
Total length: 162.0 ft.
Deck width: 10.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.29423, -93.88900   (decimal degrees)
39°17'39" N, 93°53'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/423339/4349805 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Richmond
Land survey
T. 57 N., R. 27 W., Sec. 24
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
25
Inventory numbers
MO 089-257001.6 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 20376 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22442 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of May 2017)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 19.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

19th Century (9,073)
Built 1889 (268)
Built during 1880s (2,294)
Missouri (6,570)
NR-eligible (4,125)
One-lane traffic (7,999)
Open (41,202)
Owned by county (21,720)
Pin-connected (5,042)
 Pratt through truss (6,229)
Pratt truss (10,538)
Ray County, Missouri (72)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,620)
Through truss (17,876)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,349)
Truss (36,781)
Wooden deck (6,211)
Wrought Iron Bridge Co. (456)

Update Log 

  • February 6, 2021: New photos from Neil Krout
  • December 30, 2015: New photos from Neil Krout
  • October 5, 2009: New photos from James Baughn
  • September 20, 2008: New photo from John Kritos
  • October 8, 2007: Posted photos from John Kritos

Sources 

  • John Kritos - jmkrito [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Missouri Historic Bridge Inventory
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • Neil Krout - kickinpony [dot] 66 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Morton Bridge
Posted April 22, 2022, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

The incorrect bridge was linked in the previous post. This is the bridge that is available for reuse.

Hopefully someone will step forward to save this beauty!

Canding Road Bridge
Posted February 1, 2007, by Steve Betts (skbetts47 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

To whom it may concern,

This old plank bridge (Listed as Canding Road Bridge #20376) is on Landing Road, not Canding Road, and is referred to locally as the Morton Bridge, being close by the old Morton Community and Church of that name nearby. I have traveled over this bridge many times over the last 55 years or so on trips to my Aunts farmhouse just a short distance away from the bridge.

I have enclosed some pics taken in 2004 on the last trip I made to the area with my mother who has always been terrified to cross the bridge on the way to her favorite aunts homeplace just around the corner.

Enjoy.