Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Salt Fork Bowstring Bridge

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Overview: Bowstring through truss bridge over Salt Fork on CR 225
Location: Saline County, Missouri
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built ca. 1875
Design: Bowstring through truss
Dimensions: Total length: 100.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.6 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.02667, -93.06000 (decimal degrees)
39°01'36" N, 93°03'36" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: T. 49 N., R. 20 W., Sec. 13
Inventory numbers: MO 097-351000.5 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 22330 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22487 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2006): Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 15.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 15

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April 4, 2007: Posted new photos

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Paul Boudreau - paboudreau [at] mchsi [dot] com

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Salt Fork Bowstring Bridge

Posted November 23, 2007, by Anonymous

I went over this bridge today. It's in good shape. The road was muddy and I didn't attempt to go farther north. Had to back up the way I came in.

Salt Fork Bowstring Bridge

Posted August 11, 2007, by Paul Boudreau (paboudreau [at] mchsi [dot] com)

What a unique old bridge. It's a great find. I went to check it out today and took some photos. It was the middle of an extremely hot, bright afternoon so the contrast between light and shadow made it difficult to get a good image. I'll upload a few that I took from water level to give a different perspective.

Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.

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