Ash Grove Bridge

Photos

Oblique view

Photo taken December 2005 by David Backlin

BH Photo #105347

Overview: Lost three-span open-spandrel arch bridge over Sac River on US 160 just west of Ash Grove
Location: Greene County, Missouri
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1926 by contractor A.P. Poirot of Belleville, Illinois; demolished May 2006
Builder: - A.P. Poirot Construction Co. of Belleville, Illinois (Contractor)
Design: Open-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 310.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.33169, -93.61433 (decimal degrees)
37°19'54" N, 93°36'52" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/445577/4131845 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Ash Grove
Land survey: T. 30 N., R. 24 W., Sec. 18
Inventory numbers: MoDOT H-123AMONBI 4871 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 4871 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21529 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

December 6, 2008: New photos from James Baughn
May 10, 2006: David Backlin sends word that the bridge has been closed for imminent demolition

David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
HAER MO-110 - Sac River Bridge, Spanning Sac River at U.S. Route 160, Ash Grove vicinity, Greene County, MO
James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
MoDOT Historic Bridge Report - May 2005

Ash Grove Bridge

Posted July 29, 2008, by Diane (vbvixendi [at] aol [dot] com)

The bridge is still there. They did not redo the bridge, but only realigned the road on either side.

Ash Grove Bridge

Posted April 12, 2007, by Shawn (elctrcblu0206 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

That's a shame, it has quite a bit of nice, classic architecture to it.

Ash Grove Bridge

Posted May 13, 2006, by fraser macdonald (ftmacdonald [at] shaw [dot] ca)

Why destroy such a beautiful piece of workmanship?

What a shame!