Big Creek Park Footbridge

VIVANT ET MAGNUM PARCEM STATIONE PONTIS

I was scared almost to death every time I crossed this bridge! It was too narrow and if a overweight person came from the opposite direction it barely possible to clear!

If it was removed, why is the status still "Open to pedestrians"?

Thank you for the post. Made my morning.. Unfortunately seems this bridge was plagued by trolls as we can see by the comment section..

Be careful not to cut yourself on that edge, boy.

Hopefully it was put to good use, in a bonfire.

I'm convinced this one was a truss. The joints, position of the members, and the rigidity of the structure are what convinced me that the sides are truss webs and not just a railing.

Dana and Kay Klein - put 'em up. Especially if it's not a plain stringer or some sort of Mail Order Bridge (MOB). I figure if I find it fascinating others will too. I have been given grief for some of my choices, though *smiles*

Love Pontist Purists! They SAVE bridges. They also promote dialogue, those of of us with limited Pontist training benefit greatly from said dialogue. This pick up truck load of lumber has created Bridge Dialogue so I guess that is good.

There is a bit of Pontist Puritanism on here, but don't let that concern you. It was a reaction to the massive numbers of MOBs that were being added at one time. Now that MOBs are not being added, the Puritanism is not nearly as strong as it was.

Not an engineer, but if each member acts as in a pin connected design this thing would carry quit a load. If only capacity of bottom chord not so much....Interesting how we see things differently after visiting a bridge or two. Have seen some creative designs at clubs and Golf courses in my travels but dare not the wrath of purists to actually put on here.

Looks like a beam bridge not a truss

Check list:

MOB? No

Significant amount of engineering? Quantify SIGNIFICANT? Maybe not

UCEB, No

Notable? Got a lot of looks and comments

Historic? Its Gone! Glad someone photographed it.............

Currently a new wide sidewalk is being installed all along the road. The grading for it appears to have required the removal of this little bridge.

While not historic, it sure was unusual. Lost in the quest for progress, I guess.

I like it.

You are right about it not being historic. But then neither is the new I-70 bridge in St. Louis.

However, the banner at the top of the webpage states "historic and notable bridges". So we agree it isn't historic - so now we just have to argue about it being "notable". *smiles*

I found it fascinating that to cross the ditch someone chose a truss, not a stringer or culvert. And not a prefabricated truss, but a simple design that's simple to construct out of common materials. Sure, it's not as exciting as the Babylon Bend bridge, but since it caught _my_ interest I figured it might interest others too.

Is this really necessary? It's scrap-lumber across a ditch. Nothing remotely historic here.