Blackwater River Bridge

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Overview: Abandoned truss bridge over Blackwater River on Unimproved road
Location: Saline County, Missouri
Status: Derelict/abandoned
Design: Through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.98164, -93.13637 (decimal degrees)
38°58'54" N, 93°08'11" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/488188/4314748 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Longwood
Land survey: T. 49 N., R. 20 W., Sec. 32
Elevation: 628 ft. above sea level
Inventory number: BH 69634 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Posted May 1, 2017, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Looks like a 7-panel Pratt... Nice find CV!

Blackwater River Bridge

Posted April 30, 2017, by Don Morrison

Wow.

No visible traces of the road to it either. Bing shows a Lumber Lane that probably connected long ago.

Nice find.

Love mystery bridges.

"Oh I wish I had a pencil thin mustache

Then I could solve some mysteries too"

Blackwater River Bridge

Posted April 30, 2017, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

This looks like a lightweight Pratt. Great find! It is always nice when a complete mystery bridge shows up.