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Looking northwest

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Looking northeast

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Looking southeast

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Looking southwest

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View from hillside

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South portal

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North portal

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View from a distance

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Deck view looking north

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Deck view looking south

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Behind south portal

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Guardrail

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Weight limit

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Upper chord hip joint

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Upper chord middle joint

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Center joint

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Looking downstream

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Underneath looking north

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Underneath looking south

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Between north piers

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Lower eyebar joint

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Lower joint

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North approach

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North abutment

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South end

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South abutment

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Road closed barricades

These first photos were taken by the webmaster on July 16, 2006, one day before the bridge was demolished

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Construction equipment

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Main span with deck removed

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North approach

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North end

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Close-up of stringers

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Underneath

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Debris pile

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Stack of wooden planks

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In the river

These next two photos were taken by Cindy Boyer after the bridge was demolished on July 17, 2006

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Demolished south portal

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New bridge

These final two photos were taken by the webmaster in Dec. 2006 and show the scene with the new bridge open to traffic

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Remains of south abutment

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Facts

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Black River on CR 417 south of Williamsville
Location: Wayne County, Missouri
Status: Demolished August 2006
History: Built 1912 by the Vincennes Bridge Co.; closed to traffic in Feb. 2006 and demolished Aug. 2006
Builder: - Vincennes Bridge Co. of Vincennes, Indiana
Design: Pin-connected, 10-panel Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 189.9 ft.
Total length: 228.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.95666, -90.54959 (decimal degrees)
36°57'24" N, 90°32'59" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: T. 27 N., R. 5 E., Sec. 29
Inventory numbers: MO 111-090001.1 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 15309 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22816 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2005): Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 22.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 100

Update Log

January 11, 2007: Replacement bridge is open to traffic

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Cindy Boyer

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