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Saxton Ford Bridge
Photos
View Of East Portal And Approach, Looking West
Photo taken March 1989 by Phillip Geller for the Historic American Engineering Record
View photos at Library of Congress
BH Photo #123733
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss bridge over Platte River on Saxton-Easton Road
- Location
- Buchanan County, Missouri
- Status
- Replaced by a modern bridge
- History
- Built 1925 by the Witham Construction Co.; replaced 1989
- Builder
- - Witham Construction Co.
- Design
- Riveted, 8-panel Parker through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 152.0 ft.
Total length: 252.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.5 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.71880, -94.70231 (decimal degrees)
39°43'08" N, 94°42'08" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/354093/4397932 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Agency
- Land survey
- T. 57 N., R. 34 W., Sec. 34
- Inventory number
- BH 20932 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Related Bridges
- Riverwalk Bridge (Parts reused in)
Sources
- HAER MO-61 - Saxton Ford Bridge
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
Comments
Saxton Ford Bridge
There was actually two bridges at this location. One was about 150 to 200 yards west of the Platte river over an overflow area which isn't listed on here. I believe that is the bridge they used for the river walk.
Saxton Ford Bridge
The linked Riverwalk bridge is a Pratt and this is a Parker.
Is there more than one Riverwalk bridge?
Saxton Ford Bridge
Moved 1989 as the Riverwalk bridge next to Missouri River over Blacksnake Creek
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It's hard to see but in the very first picture there is a vehicle down the road. You can faintly see the overflow bridge which was the one believed to have been located for the riverwalk project. I can't find any literature on that particular bridge. I do remember watching them lift the entire bridge and setting it down off the side of the road, where it sat for some time until it was relocated.