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View Looking Toward North

Photos taken September 1989 by Lloyd Grotjan

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View Looking Upstream Toward Northwest

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View Looking Downstream Toward Southeast

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Southwest Portal

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Northeast Portal

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View Toward East From Downstream Side

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Underside Of Bridge Looking Northeast

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Southerly Abutment

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Northerly Abutment

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Closeup Of Northerly Abutment Modifications

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Top Portal Connection

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Top Chord Connection

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Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Old Channel Chariton River on CR 175 east of Connelsville
Location
Adair County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by a concrete bridge
History
Built 1885; replaced 1989
Design
Pin-connected, 8-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 120.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.27365, -92.69046   (decimal degrees)
40°16'25" N, 92°41'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/526316/4458176 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 63 N., R. 16 W., Sec. 9
USGS topographic map
Connelsville
Inventory number
BH 20691 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (2,074)
8-panel truss (92)
Adair County, Missouri (12)
Built 1885 (67)
Built during 1880s (561)
HAER documented (389)
Lost (1,974)
Missouri (2,598)
Owned by county (14,360)
Pin-connected (513)
Pratt through truss (979)
Pratt truss (1,669)
Replaced by new bridge (841)
Through truss (5,560)
Total length 100-125 feet (2,509)
Truss (16,277)
Wooden deck (5,164)

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