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Paradise Road Bridge

Clay County, Missouri

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Long Distance 'Barrel Shot' Showing Wooden Deck Of Approach Span In Foreground

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General 'Barrel Shot'

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General Three-Quarter View Showing Bridge And Stream Beneath It

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General Elevation View Of Bridge

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General View With Approach Span On Right

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Close-Up View Of Truss At Mid-Span

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Close-Up View Of Truss Near End Of Span

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Close-Up View At End Of Span Showing Approach Spans, Support Columns, And Floor Beams

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Detail View Of Inclined End Post With Pier

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Detail View Of Bottom Chord Pin Connection Showing Rivited Floor Beam

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Detail View Of Underside Of Bridge Showing Support Column Bracing And Floor Beams

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Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss over Little Platte River near Paradise
Location
Clay County, Missouri
Status
Removed
History
Built 1896 by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Works of St. Louis; demolished 1979 with the creation of Smithville Reservoir
Builder
- Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Works
Design
Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 232.0 ft.
Inventory number
BH 21301 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (2,062)
6-panel truss (124)
Built 1896 (82)
Built during 1890s (809)
Clay County, Missouri (36)
HAER documented (365)
Lost (1,955)
Missouri (2,585)
 Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Works (5)
Pin-connected (509)
Pratt through truss (974)
Pratt truss (1,663)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,036)
Through truss (5,545)
Truss (16,259)
Tubular piers (17)

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Paradise Road Bridge
Posted November 27, 2005, by Kelsey (logan1989 [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

I live next to this bridge not even a mile away. My grandma went across this pridge all of the time i wish it was never destroyed

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