Bacon Bridge

Photos

Distant View Looking Southeast

Black-and-white HAER photos taken Fall 1987 by Lloyd Grotjan

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

BH Photo #129513

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Moniteau Creek on Bacon Bridge Road
Location: Moniteau County, Missouri
Status: Replaced by a concrete bridge
History: Built 1885 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio. Damaged by flooding in September 1905 and rebuilt 1906 by the Interstate Bridge Co. of Kansas City. Replaced 1987.
Builders: - Interstate Bridge Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
- Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design: Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 206.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.71006, -92.45287 (decimal degrees)
38°42'36" N, 92°27'10" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/547569/4284744 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Centertown NW
Land survey: T. 46 N., R. 14 W., Sec. 28
Inventory number: BH 22074 (Bridgehunter.com ID)