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Overview: Lost through truss bridge over North Moreau Creek on Rockhouse Road near Russellville
Location: Cole County, Missouri
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1907 by the Canton Bridge Co.; replaced 1994
Builder: - Canton Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design: Parker through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.53988, -92.45778 (decimal degrees)
38°32'24" N, 92°27'28" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/547254/4265858 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Russellville
Inventory number: BH 21329 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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May 12, 2008: New photos from Historic American Engineering Record
April 2, 2007: Bridge has been replaced

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Rock House Bridge

Posted August 1, 2007, by Chris Jones (milkmanchris [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I really miss this old bridge. It was a popular hang-out for the local high schoolers. The east approach featured a rather sudden 90 degree turn which then wrapped around a steep hillside (gravel roadway of course). There was also a small cave in the bluff above the bridge which was destroyed during excavation for the new (boring) bridge.

If anyone has photos of the old Rockhouse bridge, please post them!