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Overview: Lost through truss bridge over St. Francis River downstream from Wappapello Dam on CR 517
Location: Wayne County, Missouri
Status: Demolished Spring 2008, replacement bridge under construction
Future prospects: Scheduled for replacement
History: Built 1911 by Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co.
Builder: - Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri
Design: Pin-connected, 10-panel Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 209.9 ft.
Total length: 242.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.5 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called: Davis Camp Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.92824, -90.26486 (decimal degrees)
36°55'42" N, 90°15'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: T. 26 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 2
Inventory numbers: MO 111-069000.5 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 14495 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22814 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2005): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 19.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 100

Wappapello Bridge

Posted July 27, 2008, by chalres havens (bbigcnote [at] hotmail [dot] com)

this bridge has been torn down and is being replaced by a modern concrete girder bridge

Wappapello Bridge

Posted March 23, 2008, by Karen

Yes, the pictures on here are copyrighted.

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Wappapello Bridge

Posted February 4, 2008, by Jayne Allison (henrijay48 [at] aol [dot] com)

Are the pictures of the Wapppello Bridge copyrighted and who took them.