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Overview: Lost deck truss bridge over the Grand Glaize Arm, Lake of the Ozarks, on US 54 between Laguna Beach and Osage Beach
Location: Camden County, Missouri
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Construction started March 1930 and finished January 1931 in conjunction with the creation of Lake of the Ozarks. New parallel bridge (now carrying westbound traffic) completed in 1984; eastbound bridge finished 1995.
Builders: - C.P. O'Reilly Construction Co.
- Pioneer Construction Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
- Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri
- Sverdrup and Parcel
Design: Warren deck truss
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.13385, -92.64247 (decimal degrees)
38°08'02" N, 92°38'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/531333/4220726 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 39 N., R. 16 W., Sec. 11
USGS topographic map: Lake Ozark
Inventory number: BH 21067 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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October 7, 2008: New photos from James Baughn

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Grand Glaize Bridge

Posted June 6, 2006, by Brian Roos (dragon8warrior [at] gmail [dot] com)

This was a very famous bridge and can be seen in hundreds of post cards from the lake region. People use to call it the Upside Down Bridge because of its unusual design. The bridge was built this way so motorist could have a great view of the lake. Sadly the ugly concrete eye sore that replaced it is very hard to see over the sides from a car. Before the bridge was torn down in 1995 and after it was closed in the 1980's people use to put Christmas decorations out on the bridge.