Facts
- Overview
- Lost swinging bridge over South Grand River near the current bridge on MO 7
- Location
- Benton County, Missouri
- Status
- No longer exists
- History
- Built 1931; collapsed Sept. 21, 1965, killing three people
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Dimensions
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Total length: 412.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.25611, -93.47500 (decimal degrees)
38°15'22" N, 93°28'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/458441/4234338 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 40 N., R. 23 W., Sec. 16
- USGS topographic map
- Shawnee Bend
- Inventory number
- BH 20856 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 8, 2007: Posted photo of collapse from Jim Drake
Sources
- Darrin Williams - DWilliams [at] Watlow [dot] com
- Jim Drake