Photo
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Historic photo This photo, from the Historic American Engineering Record, shows the bridge before the completion of Truman Reservoir [HAER photo taken 1978 by Robert L. Hayden] |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost swinging bridge over South Grand River
- Location
- Benton County, Missouri
- Status
- No longer exists
- History
- Built 1937 by Joseph Dice; destroyed by the creation of Truman Reservoir
- Builder
- - Joseph Dice
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Also called
- Downing Bend Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.30036, -93.44447 (decimal degrees)
38°18'01" N, 93°26'40" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/461135/4239234 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 41 N., R. 23 W., Sec. 26
- USGS topographic map
- Shawnee Bend
- Inventory number
- BH 20849 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- HAER MO-19 - Bryan's Crossing Bridge
- Darrin Williams - DWilliams [at] Watlow [dot] com