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Flat River Swinging Bridge

St. Francois County, Missouri

Photos 

Historic photo

This photo was taken by Bob McHenry and submitted by Bettye Warner

BH Photo #107112

Facts 

Overview
Lost swinging footbridge over Flat River between Coffman and Haney streets in Park Hills
Location
St. Francois County, Missouri
Status
No longer exists
History
Built prior to 1910; demolished sometime after 1980
Design
Wire suspension
Inventory number
BH 22605 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Footbridge (423)
Missouri (6,306)
St. Francois County, Missouri (78)
Suspension (705)
Wire/cable Suspension (142)

Update Log 

  • August 11, 2011: New photos from John Christeson
  • February 13, 2006: Posted historic photo from Bob McHenry and Bettye Warner

Sources 

  • Bettye Warner - bkwofc [at] i1 [dot] net
  • John Christeson - john_christeson [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

Flat River Swinging Bridge
Posted November 29, 2012, by Tommy Scott (kurukoark [at] gmail [dot] com)

I used to live on Haney street back in 1989-1990. I remember going over that bridge so many times. Glad they built a new one.

Flat River Swinging Bridge
Posted July 28, 2011, by John Christeson (panamakid_69 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

New Bridge Has Been Built and Is Completed......New Pictures too be posted soon.

Flat River Swinging Bridge
Posted January 8, 2009, by Treed (reedtom [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

This area has been cleaned up, the city is having a new pedestrian bridge designed to replace the swinging bridge. Construction should begin and be completed in 2009. This bridge will link two sides of town and Haney street park.

Flat River Swinging Bridge
Posted February 26, 2008, by Ron Weiss (papaweiss5 [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

I remember as a kid my friends and I would venture down to the old swinging bridge, run across it and play in the river.

I was fortunate enough to once again visit this place that is so warm in my memory. My brother and I visited family in 1986 or 87. We had family with us and took them to our play grounds as kid's, the Chat Dump we use to climb on and other places only we knew about, or we thought.