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Alder Creek Bridge

Cedar County, Missouri

Photos 

Overview

These photos, taken July 2005 by Bob Estes, show the bridge when it was still open to traffic.

BH Photo #104727

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost bedstead pony truss bridge over Alder Creek on CR 651
Location
Cedar County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1902 by the American Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1989; replaced 2006
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Design
Pin-connected, 3-panel bedstead Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 48.8 ft.
Total length: 84.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.80867, -93.95133   (decimal degrees)
37°48'31" N, 93°57'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/416258/4185013 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Filley
Land survey
T. 35 N., R. 27 W., Sec. 18
Inventory numbers
MO 020-170000.6 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 18021 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21198 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

3-panel truss (131)
American Bridge Co. (1,539)
Bedstead Pratt pony truss (356)
Bedstead truss (535)
Built 1902 (539)
Built during 1900s (7,380)
Built during 1910s (9,737)
Cedar County, Missouri (34)
Lost (25,709)
Lost 2006 (359)
Lost during 2000s (4,237)
Missouri (6,326)
 Owned by county (21,028)
Pin-connected (3,978)
Pony truss (16,395)
Pratt pony truss (3,695)
Pratt truss (9,482)
Replaced by new bridge (17,354)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,805)
Structurally deficient (13,753)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,631)
Truss (33,385)
Wooden deck (6,101)

Update Log 

  • May 10, 2006: Bob Estes reports bridge is doomed

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