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Overview: Through truss bridge over Whitewater River northwest of Sedgewickville near Bollinger/Dolles Mill
Location: Bollinger County, Missouri
Status: Closed to all traffic
History: Manufactured 1913 by Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. and erected by Miller & Borcherding Bridge Builders.
Builders: - Miller & Borcherding Bridge Builders of St. Louis, Missouri
- Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri
Design: Pin-connected, 9-panel Parker through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 170.9 ft.
Total length: 172.9 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.54841, -89.95206 (decimal degrees)
37°32'54" N, 89°57'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/239206/4159808 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 33 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 17
USGS topographic map: Sedgewickville
Inventory numbers: MO 009-032000.5 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 13224 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 20872 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2006): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 18.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 35

Update Log

April 25, 2008: Updated by Max Johnson
February 13, 2005: Added new photos

Comments

Dolles Mill Bridge

Posted April 4, 2008, by William R. Statler (mcpo_curmudgeon [at] bellsouth [dot] net)

My youngest brother lives near there and tells me that the county has closed the bridge permanently.

Dolles Mill Bridge

Posted January 10, 2008, by Alan Chapman (alan-chapman [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

I've heard that this bridge is the next to be replaced. As much as I like the bridge, I don't think it's nothing compared to the mill 1/4 - 1/2 mile away. Someone needs to do some history on it.

Dolles Mill Bridge

Posted July 29, 2006, by Jane (Gwanny2 [at] aol [dot] com)

We moved here in 1996, my kids and I have been swimming at "The Iron Bridge" for 10 years now. Everyone around here knows the iron bridge,either as a swimming hole, party spot, or make out spot. There are numerous stories, whether fact or fiction about this bridge. It is getting in bad shape and I hope it will be fixed instead of torn down, I would fight that tooth and nail. It is a part of our local history and needs to be preserved.

Dolles Mill Bridge

Posted December 14, 2005, by jj (smurfblue3 [at] excite [dot] com)

traveled this bridge many years... rode bikes dirtbikes and 4-wheelers across it... during flash flooding this was the only way out(rest of the bridges was low water) we lived just about 3 miles up the road... use to be a rope tied to the bridge once to swing off it into the deep water below it's nick name around here is "the iron bridge"