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US54 Niangua Arm Bridge

Camden County, Missouri

Photos 

Historic postcard

BH Photo #104358

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost cantilevered through truss bridge over Niangua Arm, Lake of the Ozarks, on US 54 southwest of Camdenton
Location
Camdenton, Camden County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1930-31; replaced 1999
Builder
- Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Contractor)
Design
Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 342.8 ft.
Total length: 1,228.9 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.99688, -92.78894   (decimal degrees)
37°59'49" N, 92°47'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/518531/4205489 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hahatonka
Land survey
T. 38 N., R. 17 W., Sec. 27
Inventory numbers
MoDOT J-296R (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 21071 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1931 (976)
Built during 1930s (12,164)
Camden County, Missouri (19)
Camdenton, Missouri (1)
Cantilevered (309)
Cantilevered truss (250)
Formerly NR-eligible (448)
Lake of the Ozarks (4)
Lost (28,401)
Lost 1999 (460)
Lost during 1990s (4,140)
Missouri (6,561)
 Niangua River (6)
Owned by state (16,549)
Replaced by UCEB (68)
Replaced by new bridge (19,311)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,258)
Through truss (16,728)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,991)
Truss (35,394)
US 54 (28)
Warren through truss (1,704)
Warren truss (6,996)
Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. (174)

Update Log 

  • May 8, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • January 12, 2020: New photo from Joe Sonderman
  • August 14, 2018: New photo from James Baughn

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Comments 

Niangua Arm US 54 Bridge
Posted June 8, 2006, by Kate Carlson (kateyates [at] msn [dot] com)

I agree - great bridge and the new one is definately lacking in character! This bridge was for sale in "Arizona Highways" magazine about the time it was removed...site indicates bridge "no longer exits", so I guess it was never brought - what a shame!

Niangua Arm US 54 Bridge
Posted June 6, 2006, by Brian Roos (dragon8warrior [at] gmail [dot] com)

This was a great bridge I'm sad to see it go. It’s just down from the Ha Ha Tonka State Park. It really added to the area with the look of its steel trusses. Unfortunately it was replaced with a very ugly concrete eye sore that adds nothing to the area and you can't see over the sides of the bridge in a car.