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Young's Ford Bridge

Vernon County, Missouri

Photos 

Photo taken by Ruth Reynolds in March 2010

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BH Photo #157467

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Wrought iron through truss bridge over Clear Creek on Logan Road
Location
Vernon County, Missouri
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1884 by the St. Louis Bridge & Iron Co.
Builder
- St. Louis Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri
Design
Wrought iron, pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 99.0 ft.
Total length: 99.0 ft.
Deck width: 11.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.86529, -94.09597   (decimal degrees)
37°51'55" N, 94°05'45" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/403599/4191434 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
El Dorado Springs South
Land survey
T. 36 N., R. 29 W., Sec. 26
Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
4
Inventory numbers
MO 108-336002.0 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 22027 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22745 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 20 (out of 100)
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Categories 

19th Century (7,560)
6-panel truss (645)
Built 1884 (177)
Built during 1880s (1,992)
Missouri (6,302)
NR-eligible (4,048)
One-lane traffic (7,606)
Open (39,880)
Owned by county (20,781)
Pin-connected (3,901)
Pratt through truss (5,387)
 Pratt truss (9,294)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,429)
St. Louis Bridge & Iron Co. (14)
Stone Abutments (85)
Structurally deficient (14,208)
Through truss (15,053)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,584)
Truss (32,773)
Vernon County, Missouri (66)
Wooden deck (6,069)
Wrought Iron (394)

Update Log 

  • May 16, 2013: New photos from Karen Daniels
  • September 8, 2011: New photos from Jason Smith
  • September 1, 2011: New photos from Ben Tate
  • August 18, 2011: New photos from James Baughn
  • March 7, 2010: New photos from Ruth Reynolds

Sources 

  • Missouri Historic Bridge Inventory
  • Ruth Reynolds - ruthmusic [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • Karen Daniels
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Comments 

Young's Ford Bridge
Posted August 20, 2009, by Mike Templeton (mk [dot] temp [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Visited the Young's Ford Bridge on 7-30-09. Appears to be in really good shape. The road to it is pretty poor, but still open. Not sure what is on the other side, the road on the other side has been closed for a long time.