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Photos taken by Ruth Reynolds
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Deck view

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Portal

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High water marks

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Underneath

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Photo taken by Ruth Reynolds in August 2008

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Map 

Vicinity Map

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Facts 

Overview
Closed through truss bridge over Marais des Cygnes River just west of Papinville
Location
Bates County, Missouri
Status
Closed to all traffic
History
Built 1884 by the Kansas City Bridge & Iron Co.; bypassed by new bridge in 1995
Builder
- Kansas City Bridge & Iron Co.
Design
Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss flanked by two riveted, Warren pony trusses
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.06833, -94.23186   (decimal degrees)
38°04'06" N, 94°13'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/391944/4214113 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 38 N., R. 30 W., Sec. 16
USGS topographic map
Papinville
Inventory numbers
NRHP 02001192 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 20840 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (2,064)
6-panel truss (125)
Bates County, Missouri (23)
Built 1884 (56)
Built during 1880s (559)
Closed (1,660)
Kansas City Bridge & Iron Co. (3)
Missouri (2,598)
NR-listed (1,560)
Owned by county (14,358)
Pin-connected (511)
Pratt through truss (976)
Pratt truss (1,666)
Riveted (381)
Through truss (5,551)
Truss (16,266)

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Comments 

Papinville Bridge
Posted June 18, 2007, by D. Jett (comeonlester [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This bridge has now been replaced by a LARGE concrete bridge. Anyone with pictures should post!