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Overview

Photos taken Jan. 2007 by Greg Hall

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Center span

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Deck view

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Barricade

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Damaged railing

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Exposed rebar

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View from New Bridge

Photo taken by David Backlin in October 2007

Map

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Facts

Overview: Lost three-span arch bridge over Pomme de Terre River on US 65
Location: Greene County, Missouri
Status: Razed in Winter 2008
History: Built ca. 1928; parallel bridge built 1967; abandoned in the 1980s; Razed Winter 2008
Design: Open-spandrel arch
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.41617, -93.14512 (decimal degrees)
37°24'58" N, 93°08'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/487158/4141051 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 31 N., R. 20 W., Sec. 16
USGS topographic map: Fair Grove
Inventory number: BH 21532 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

June 28, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey: updated status on bridge
February 25, 2008: New photo from David Backlin
January 29, 2007: Posted photos from Greg Hall

Sources

Greg Hall - cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com
David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net

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Fair Grove Bridge

Posted June 28, 2008, by Greg Hall (cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com)

Bridge was torn down roughly in Feb or March 2008.

Fair Grove Bridge

Posted January 28, 2008, by David Backlin (us71 [at] cox [dot] net)

MoDOT announced on 28 January, 2008 this bridge will be torn down to make way for a new bridge along 2 new southbound lanes of US 65.

Fair Grove Bridge

Posted October 1, 2007, by David Backlin (us71 [at] cox [dot] net)

I visited this bridge on 30 September 2007. There are survey markers in the vicinity which seem to indicate the bridge will eventually be removed to make way for a new 4-Lane US 65.