Photo
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HAER photo This photo from the Historic American Engineering Record shows the bridge before it was replaced [HAER photos taken April 1988 by John W. Gutowski] |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss over Grindstone Creek on Gridley Road, northwest of Cameron
- Location
- DeKalb County, Missouri
- Status
- Replaced by a concrete bridge
- History
- Built 1891-92 by the Dildine Bridge & Construction Co.; rehabilitated 1987; replaced 1994
- Builder
- - Dildine Bridge & Construction Co. of Cameron, Missouri
- Design
- Pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 83.8 ft.
Total length: 112.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.5 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.80452, -94.27044 (decimal degrees)
39°48'16" N, 94°16'14" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/391245/4406833 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 58 N., R. 30 W., Sec. 33
- USGS topographic map
- Fordham
- Inventory number
- BH 21440 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- HAER MO-74 - Grindstone Creek Bridge