Allenville Bridge

Photo

View of metal bridge over ditch

Photo courtesy of the Little River Drainage District Collection, Missouri State Archives

License: Public domain: Released by author

BH Photo #235220

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over the Diversion Channel just south of Allenville on CR 238, just off Route N
Location: Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Status: Collapsed
History: Built 1918 using a relocated span; destroyed by an overweight tractor April 14, 1977; eventually replaced by a concrete bridge in 1980
Design: Camelback through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 150.0 ft.
Total length: 256.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.21535, -89.76691 (decimal degrees)
37°12'55" N, 89°46'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/254481/4122349 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Whitewater
Land survey: T. 29 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 6
Inventory number: BH 21074 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Little River Drainage District Records - Photo from 1919 of a Camelback through truss near Allenville