Photos
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Bridge Looking Downstream To North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Looking Upstream To South Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of The Western Approach Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of The Eastern Approach Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Easterly View Of Bridge Substructure And Pier Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Easterly View Of Central Pier Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Westerly View Of Bridge Floor And Substructure Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Easterly View Of Bridge Floor And Substructure Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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West Abutments Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Plaque On Western Portal Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Portal Connection Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Panel Connection Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost two-span through truss bridge over Flat River on Ceder Falls Road just east of Desloge in Desloge
- Location
- Desloge, St. Francois County, Missouri
- Status
- No longer exists, replaced by concrete bridge
- History
- Built 1911 by Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. for $3,890. Replaced 1989.
- Builder
- - Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri
- Design
- Two pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt through trusses
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 90.0 ft.
Total length: 180.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.88254, -90.50286 (decimal degrees)
37°52'57" N, 90°30'10" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/719608/4195722 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- Survey #345 (T. 37 N., R. 5 E.)
- USGS topographic map
- Bonne Terre
- Inventory number
- BH 22600 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- HAER MO-49 - Cedar Falls Road Bridge
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
Comments
I grew up near this bridge. We used to inch up the chords and then walk along the top. I have some old color pictures of the bridge in the late 70s/early 80s I'll try and find. For a while you could also drive underneath and across Flat River Creek. The new bridge has no personality.