Photos 

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Overview

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South portal

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East side

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Deck view

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Behind north portal

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South end

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Close-up of eyebar joint

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Lower chord joint

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Middle panel

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Damaged railing

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Stone pier from previous bridge

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South abutment

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Underneath

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Signs and more signs

Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Petite Saline Creek at the end of Route V, southeast of Boonville
Location
Cooper County, Missouri
Status
Open to one-lane traffic
Future prospects
Scheduled for replacement
History
Built 1905-06, possibly replacing an earlier covered bridge
Design
Pin-connected, 9-panel Parker through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 170.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.89918, -92.57882   (decimal degrees)
38°53'57" N, 92°34'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/536522/4305673 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 48 N., R. 15 W., Sec. 20
USGS topographic map
Rocheport
Inventory numbers
MoDOT W-304 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 9446 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21345 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2007)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 2.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
128

Categories 

9-panel truss (46)
Built 1905 (334)
Built during 1900s (2,518)
Cooper County, Missouri (48)
Doomed (85)
Missouri (2,585)
One-lane traffic (6,989)
Open (22,286)
Owned by state (6,767)
Parker truss (463)
Pin-connected (509)
Structurally deficient (12,073)
Through truss (5,545)
Total length 125-175 feet (2,735)
Truss (16,259)

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Comments 

Gootch's Mill Bridge
Posted July 23, 2008, by Diana (dianasutherland [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

This bridge is just down the road from our house . I really enjoy driving over the bridge and seeing the creek and the varied wildlife. The bridge, being old & historic is part of the charm.

I do hope that this bridge is not replaced anytime soon.

Thanks for the info about the bridge and nice job with all the pics. They are great.