Meramec River

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Bend Road Bridge (Franklin County, Missouri)
Built 1916-17 by Miller & Borcherding; rehabilitated 1991
Two-span through truss bridge over Meramec River on Bend Road (Route N), southwest of Pacific
Gone. There is still vidence of the north abutment and the earth ramp approch on the south.

Bird's Nest Bridge (Crawford County, Missouri)
Built 1914 by Miller & Borcherding Bridge Builders of St. Louis
Through truss bridge over Meramec River on Bird's Nest Road north of Steelville
Closed to all traffic and posted against trespassing

Blue Springs Hog Trough Bridge (Crawford County, Missouri)
Lost "hog trough" bridge over Meramec River on Blue Springs Creek Road, just off Route N
No longer exists

BNSF - Hollywood Beach Bridge (Jefferson County, Missouri)
Built 1903
Three-span through truss bridge over the Meramec River on the BNSF Railway in Arnold
Open to railroad traffic

BNSF - Meramec River Bridge (Franklin County, Missouri)
Built in 1938 by Bethlehem Steel Company
Through truss bridge over Meramec River on BNSF (former Frisco) Railroad in Pacific
Open to traffic

BNSF - Times Beach Bridge (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Three-span deck truss bridge over Meramec River on the BNSF Railway at Times Beach, near Deicke Road
Open to railroad traffic

BNSF - Valley Park Bridge (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Built 1923
Three-span through truss bridge over Meramec River on the BNSF Railway at Valley Park
Open to railroad traffic

Bruns' Bridge (Franklin County, Missouri)
Built 1888 by the King Iron Bridge Co.; bypassed by new bridge in 1993, destroyed by flooding on May 1st, 2017.
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Meramec River on Mill Hill Road south of Moselle
Lost

Fenton Bridge (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Built in 1925; made obsolete by new bridge in 1968 on a new alignment of Missouri State Highway 30; closed to traffic August 2nd, 2007; demolished in March 2010. Replacement UCEB opened to traffic August 18th, 2012.
Lost four-span through truss bridge on Gravois Road (Old MO Hwy. 30) over the Meramec River between Fenton and Sunset Hills
Replaced by UCEB

Frisco - Bird's Nest Bridge (Crawford County, Missouri)
Replaced 1966
Lost three-span through truss railroad bridge over the Meramec River north of Steelville; replaced by a six-span deck girder bridge
Replaced by a new bridge

Meramec Crossing Hog Trough Bridge (Crawford County, Missouri)
Replaced by a concrete bridge in 1994
Lost wooden "hog trough" bridge over Meramec River on Cave Road at Onondaga Cave State Park, beyond the end of Route H
Replaced by new bridge

Meramec River MO 19 Bridge (Crawford County, Missouri)
Built 1925 by the Federal Bridge Co.; replaced 2000
Lost five-span closed-spandrel arch bridge over Meramec River on MO 19
Replaced by a modern bridge

Meramec River MO 21 Bridge (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Built 1940; rehabilitated 2010
Steel through arch bridge over the Meramec River on Tesson Ferry Road (Missouri State Highway 21) at the St. Louis / Jefferson County line
Open to four lanes of traffic

Meramec River MO 30 / 47 Bridge (Franklin County, Missouri)
Built 1929-30 by M. E. Gillioz; replaced 2002
Lost five-span open-spandrel arch bridge over the Meramec River on Missouri State Highway 30 / 47
Replaced by bridge on new alignment

Old Route K Bridge (Franklin County, Missouri)
Built 1899 by Stupp Brothers; replaced by new bridge upstream in 1985
Lost Through truss bridge over Meramec River on Route K
Replaced by new bridge

Pacific Covered Bridge 25-36-02x / 25-50-02x (Franklin County, Missouri)
Lost covered bridge over Meramec River on what is now Route F near Pacific
Replaced by a new bridge just downstream when Route F was built

Sappington Bridge (Crawford County, Missouri)
Built 1904; demolished Mar. 21, 2002; new concrete bridge completed Dec. 2002.
Lost through truss bridge over Meramec River southeast of Sullivan beyond the end of Route D
No longer exists

Scotts Ford Bridge (Crawford County, Missouri)
Built 1977
Low-water bridge over Meramec River on Thurman Lake Road
Open to traffic

Telegraph Road Bridge (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Built 1935; replaced ca. 1995
Lost through truss bridge over Meramec River on MO 231 (Telegraph Road)
Replaced by new bridge

UP - Meremec River Bridge (Jefferson County, Missouri)
Two-span through truss bridge over the Meramec River on the Union Pacific Railroad in Arnold
Open to railroad traffic

UP - Sherman Beach Bridge (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Plate girder bridge over Meramec River on the Union Pacific Railroad in Sherman
Open to railroad traffic

US 66 Meramec River Bridge (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Built in 1931, replacing the Votaw Bridge; made obsolete in 1968 by a new westbound I-44 bridge on a new alignment; deemed unsafe for vehicular / pedestrian traffic and closed on October 29th, 2009.
Deck truss bridge over Meramec River on Old US 66 at Route 66 State Park
Closed to all traffic with deck removed

US61 Lemay Ferry Bridge (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Built in 1933; replaced by UCEB in 2004
Lost two-span through truss bridge over the Meramec River on U. S. Highway 61 / 67 north of Arnold in Oakville
Replaced by UCEB

Votaw Bridge (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Built in 1900; removed in 1933
Lost two-span through truss bridge over the Meramec River on the former old U. S. Highway 66 entrance to Times Beach
Replaced by the current Meramec River U. S. 66 bridge