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View Looking Upstream To Northwest

Photos taken August 1989 by Lloyd Grotjan

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North Portal

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South Portal

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Overview: Lost through truss over Femme Osage Creek on Defiance Road just off Route F
Location: St. Charles County, Missouri
Status: Replaced by a concrete bridge
History: Built 1906-1907 by the Joliet Bridge & Iron Co.; replaced 1990
Builder: - Joliet Bridge & Iron Co. of Joliet, Illinois
Design: Pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Total length: 100.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.63914, -90.80487 (decimal degrees)
38°38'21" N, 90°48'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/691051/4279018 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: Survey #303 (T. 45 N., R. 2 E.)
USGS topographic map: Defiance
Inventory number: BH 22570 (Bridgehunter.com ID)