Missouri Website Statistics

All Bridges

  • Total listed Missouri bridges: 4,479
  • Bridges with photos: 1,856 (41.4%)
  • Bridges with Street View: 780 (17.4%)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 4,345 (97.0%)

  • Total photos: 13,856

Extant Bridges

  • Extant bridges: 2,328 (52.0% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 1,296 (55.7% of extant)
  • Bridges with Street View: 625 (26.8% of extant)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 2,316 (99.5% of extant)

Lost Bridges

  • Lost bridges: 2,071 (46.2% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 490 (23.7% of lost)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 1,952 (94.3% of lost)

Oldest Listed Bridges

  1. Perche Creek Covered Bridge (Boone County, built 1851, lost)
  2. Salt Fork Covered Bridge (Saline County, built 1852, lost)
  3. Blackwater River Covered Bridge (Saline County, built 1852, lost)
  4. Red Bridge (Franklin County, built 1852, destroyed by storm)
  5. Irondale Bridge (Washington County, built 1856, open to traffic)
  6. Jefferson Street Bridge (Cole County, built 1857, replaced by new bridge)
  7. Stoutsville Covered Bridge (Monroe County, built 1857, lost)
  8. Bear Creek Covered Bridge (Ralls County, built 1859, lost)
  9. Mexico Road Covered Bridge (Monroe County, built 1859, lost)
  10. Shoal Creek Covered Bridge (Caldwell County, built 1859, removed)

By Design

  • Arch: 240 (5.4%)
    • Deck arch: 225 (5.0%)
      • Brick arch: 3 (0.07%)
      • Closed-spandrel arch: 113 (2.5%)
      • Luten arch: 7 (0.2%)
      • Open-spandrel arch: 44 (1.0%)
      • Ribbed closed-spandrel arch: 2 (0.04%)
      • Steel arch: 4 (0.09%)
      • Stone arch: 42 (0.9%)
    • Pony arch: 1 (0.02%)
      • Concrete pony arch: 1 (0.02%)
    • Through arch: 6 (0.1%)
      • Steel through arch: 6 (0.1%)

  • Beam: 895 (20.0%)
    • Stringer: 624 (13.9%)
      • Concrete stringer: 34 (0.8%)
      • Steel stringer: 474 (10.6%)
      • Timber stringer: 79 (1.8%)
    • Concrete tee beam: 243 (5.4%)

  • Culvert: 49 (1.1%)
    • Concrete culvert: 9 (0.2%)
    • Stone culvert: 16 (0.4%)

  • Ferry: 8 (0.2%)

  • Floating: 1 (0.02%)
    • Pontoon: 1 (0.02%)

  • Rigid frame: 18 (0.4%)
    • Concrete rigid frame: 10 (0.2%)
    • Steel rigid frame: 4 (0.09%)

  • Girder: 227 (5.1%)
    • Deck girder: 127 (2.8%)
      • Concrete deck girder: 31 (0.7%)
      • Deck plate girder: 90 (2.0%)
    • Pony/through girder: 69 (1.5%)
      • Concrete pony/through girder: 8 (0.2%)
      • Pony/through plate girder: 61 (1.4%)

  • Other: 39 (0.9%)

  • Slab: 111 (2.5%)

  • Suspension: 51 (1.1%)
    • Eyebar suspension: 1 (0.02%)
    • Self-anchor suspension: 2 (0.04%)
    • Cable-stayed: 3 (0.07%)
    • Wire suspension: 45 (1.0%)

  • Truss: 2,746 (61.3%)
    • Bedstead pony truss: 228 (5.1%)
      • Bedstead double-intersection Warren pony truss: 62 (1.4%)
      • Bedstead Pratt pony truss: 127 (2.8%)
      • Bedstead Warren pony truss: 39 (0.9%)
    • Deck truss: 20 (0.4%)
      • Pratt deck truss: 6 (0.1%)
      • Warren deck truss: 14 (0.3%)
        • Warren deck truss with all verticals: 4 (0.09%)
    • Pony truss: 1,707 (38.1%)
      • Bailey pony truss: 3 (0.07%)
      • Miller & Borcherding pony truss: 13 (0.3%)
      • Bowstring pony truss: 3 (0.07%)
      • Double-intersection Warren pony truss: 6 (0.1%)
      • Howe pony truss: 2 (0.04%)
      • Kingpost pony truss: 10 (0.2%)
      • Parker pony truss: 53 (1.2%)
      • Polygonal Warren pony truss: 38 (0.8%)
        • Polygonal Warren pony truss with alternating verticals: 1 (0.02%)
      • Pratt pony truss: 554 (12.4%)
      • Half-hip Pratt pony truss: 100 (2.2%)
      • Queenpost pony truss: 1 (0.02%)
      • Warren pony truss: 298 (6.7%)
        • Warren pony truss with alternating verticals: 4 (0.09%)
        • Warren pony truss with all verticals: 3 (0.07%)
    • Through truss: 775 (17.3%)
      • Baltimore through truss: 9 (0.2%)
      • Bowstring through truss: 6 (0.1%)
      • Burr arch-truss: 6 (0.1%)
      • Camelback through truss: 18 (0.4%)
      • Double-intersection Warren through truss: 1 (0.02%)
      • Howe through truss: 21 (0.5%)
      • Lattice through truss: 2 (0.04%)
        • Quadrangular lattice through truss: 1 (0.02%)
      • Parker through truss: 95 (2.1%)
      • Pennsylvania through truss: 27 (0.6%)
      • Polygonal Warren through truss: 5 (0.1%)
      • Post through truss: 1 (0.02%)
      • Pratt through truss: 438 (9.8%)
      • Waddell "A" through truss: 1 (0.02%)
      • Warren through truss: 56 (1.3%)
        • Warren through truss with alternating verticals: 1 (0.02%)
        • Warren through truss with no verticals: 1 (0.02%)
        • Warren through truss with sub-panels: 5 (0.1%)
        • Warren through truss with all verticals: 3 (0.07%)
      • Whipple through truss: 8 (0.2%)

  • Tunnel: 22 (0.5%)

  • Unknown: 72 (1.6%)