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MO 8 Dry Fork Truss
Photos
Building Old Dry Fork Bridge
The 6-panel Pratt through truss and it's approach spans under construction. Label text, "2880 Building Old Dry Fork Bridge (south of St. James)"
Photo submitted Fmiser, copied from an albam in the James Memorial Library, St. James, MO
BH Photo #288361
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Dry Fork Creek on MO 8 and MO 68
- Location
- Phelps County, Missouri
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built c1900
- Design
- 6 panel Pratt through truss. Originally there was a concrete 5-arch span on the northwest approach. By 1934, the northwest approach was a three-span steel pony truss.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.96447, -91.58116 (decimal degrees)
37°57'52" N, 91°34'52" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/624633/4202822 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Maramec Spring
- Elevation
- 835 ft. above sea level
- Inventory number
- BH 61685 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Related Bridges
- MO 8 over Dry Fork Creek Bridge (Successor)
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I didn't find much on this old bridge.
After taking pictures of the current bridge (soon to be replaced) I took a few of the evidence of an old bridge. I found the library in St. James and asked if they new anything about the former bridge. All they had was some photo albums, in which I found the black and white photos.
The build date of 1900 is entirely a guess based on the photos. The lower chord is at the bottom of the floor beams, the lacing of the strut, etc.
The current bridge is scheduled to be replaced with the new bridge west of the current one. That could mean all the evidence of the truss bridge will be removed.