HistoricBridges.org Bridge Locator

Carries over Ditch No. 8
Design: truss/pony/borcherding
Design Details: Miller & Borcherding pony truss
Total Length: 45.9 Feet
Span Length: 44.9 Feet

Overview: Lost pony truss bridge on CR 428 north of Advance over Ditch No. 8
History: Probably built ca. 1930 by Miller & Borcherding Bridge Builders of St. Louis. Replaced 2003 or early 2004.
Built:

Bollinger County Road 634 Bridge

Carries CR 634 over Old Channel Castor River
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 113.8 Feet
Span Length: 16.1 Feet

Overview: Wooden plank bridge over Old Channel Castor River on CR 634 along the Stoddard County line
History: Built 1924; rehabilitated 1992
Built: 1924

Bollinger County Road 640 Bridge

Carries CR 640 over Old Channel Castor River
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 90.8 Feet
Span Length: 15.0 Feet

Overview: Wooden trestle over Old Channel Castor River on CR 640, west of Brownwood
History: Built 1949
Built: 1949

Castor River Twin Bridges

Carries MO 34 over Castor River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: H366R is a two-span Pratt through truss, H367 is a one-span Pratt through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Castor River on MO 34 west of Grassy
History: Built ca. 1924; replaced 1989
Built: 1926

Crooked Creek CR 402 Bridge

Carries CR 402 over Crooked Creek
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Total Length: 170.0 Feet
Span Length: 129.9 Feet

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Crooked Creek between Marble Hill and Leopold on CR 402
History: Built 1917; replaced 1995
Built: 1917

Dolles Mill Bridge

Carries CR 238 over Whitewater River
Design: truss/through/parker
Design Details: Pin-connected, 9-panel Parker through truss
Total Length: 172.9 Feet
Span Length: 170.9 Feet

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Whitewater River northwest of Sedgewickville near Bollinger/Dolles Mill
History: Built 1913 at Sedgewickville; relocated here in 1936; replaced 2011
Built: 1913

1913
Miller & Borcherding
Contractors
St. Louis, Mo.
Stupp Bro's
Bridge & Iron Co. Manufacturers
Jacob A. Taylor, Presiding Judge
John Owens, Associate Judge
Jon. Sitzes, " " "
Wm. Abernathy, County Clerk
J.W. Reilly, Engineer

Drum Bridge

Carries CR 434 over Malone Creek
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 36.1 Feet
Span Length: 34.1 Feet

Overview: Small wooden plank bridge over Malone Creek on CR 434 near Glennon and Drum
History: Built ca. 1930
Built: ca. 1930

Dry Creek Bridge

Carries CR 416 over Dry Creek
Design: truss/pony/pratt
Design Details: Pin-connected, 4-panel Pratt pony truss (the bridge is now supported by extra piers at the panel points and the upper chord has been removed)
Total Length: 61.0 Feet
Span Length: 59.0 Feet

Overview: Pony truss bridge over Dry Creek on CR 416 southwest of Leopold
History: Built ca. 1910
Built: ca. 1910

Gimlet Creek Bridge

Carries MO 34 over Gimlet Creek
Design: truss/pony/warren/alt-verticals
Design Details: Warren pony truss with alternating verticals
Total Length: 63.0 Feet
Span Length: 60.0 Feet

Overview: Lost pony truss bridge over Gimlet Creek on MO 34 near Glenallen
History: Built 1922; replaced 2013
Built: 1922

Gipsy Bridge

Status: Demolished in Summer 2002 and replaced with a boring concrete bridge

Carries CR 736 over Castor River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Southern span: Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss Northern span: Pin-connected, half-hip Pratt pony truss
Total Length: 222.1 Feet
Span Length: 111.8 Feet

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Castor River north of Gipsy on CR 736
History: Built 1911-12 at Greenbrier (?); relocated here in 1927
Built: 1912

Ironically, the bridge was high and dry during the flood but the northern approach was nearly impassible.

Your webmaster poses on the bridge in April 2002, not knowing that the bridge was about to have an unfortunate encounter with a bulldozer.

By March 2003 the bridge was gone and a temporary low-water crossing was installed.

This was taken March 2004, but the bridge had been open already for several months.

A section of wooden deck from the old bridge still sits downstream on the south bank

Glenallen Bridge

Carries Old Glen Allen Road over Little Crooked Creek
Design: truss/pony/pratt-half
Design Details: North span: Riveted, 4-panel, half-hip Pratt pony truss, 60 feet long South span: Riveted, 3-panel Warren pony truss, 42 feet long
Total Length: 102.0 Feet
Span Length: 60.0 Feet

Overview: Two-span pony truss bridge over Little Crooked Creek at Glenallen in Glen Allen
History: Built in 1908; made obsolete in 1961 by a new concrete bridge on Route ZZ
Built: 1908

MP - Glenallen Tunnel

Carries Missouri Pacific Railroad over a large hill
Design: tunnel
Design Details: Tunnel
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Abandoned railroad tunnel north of Glenallen on the Belmont Branch, Missouri Pacific
History: Completed August 14, 1869; Final train through in April 1973; Abandoned 1974
Built: 1869

Greenbrier Bridge

Status: Replaced by new bridge; pair of tubular piers stillvisible in winter on north bank to the west of new bridge

Carries CR 614 over Diversion Channel
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost bridge over the Diversion Channel on CR 614 at Greenbrier just beyond the end of Route W
History: Built 1911 by Stupp Brothers and replaced by a concrete span in 1987
Built: 1911

Hawker Creek Bridge

Carries CR 528 over Hawker Creek
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 44.0 Feet
Span Length: 43.0 Feet

Overview: Stringer bridge with wooden deck over Hawker Creek on CR 528 just off MO 51 east of Zalma
History: Built ca. 1925
Built: ca. 1925

Huffmans Creek CR 852 Bridge

Carries CR 852 over Huffmans Creek
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer with wooden deck and masonry substructure
Total Length: 47.9 Feet
Span Length: 21.7 Feet

Overview: Wooden bridge over Huffmans Creek on CR 852
History: Built 1926
Built: 1926

Hurricane Creek MO 34 Bridge

Carries MO 34 over Hurricane Creek
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: 5-panel Pratt through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Hurricane Creek on MO 34 east of Marble Hill
History: Built 1922, replacing an earlier 1910's structure which had washed away in a flood. Replaced in 1976 by a concrete bridge built by contractor Potashnick Construction Inc.
Built: 1922

Laflin Bridge

Carries CR 408 over Crooked Creek
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
Total Length: 285.0 Feet
Span Length: 120.0 Feet

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Crooked Creek southwest of Laflin on CR 408, just beyond the end of Route U
History: Built 1908 by Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co.; closed to traffic Dec. 15, 2003; main span demolished Apr. 13, 2005; replacement bridge opened Jan. 2006
Built: 1908

1908
Stupp Bro's
Bridge & Iron
- Co. -
F. M. Wells Pres. Judge
M. S. Gladish Associate Judge
H. Mungle ' ' ' ' '
Wm Abernathy County Clerk
D. R. Sample Co. Surveyor

Lick Log Creek Bridge

Status: Abandoned with portions of deck missing, replaced by new truss bridge

Carries CR 736 over Lick Log Creek
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
Total Length: 117.1 Feet
Span Length: 66.9 Feet

Overview: Derelict through truss over Lick Log Creek just south of Gipsy Bridge on CR 736
History: Built 1900 at Zalma, relocated ca. 1930 after the new Zalma Bridge was constructed; bypassed by new truss bridge in 1995
Built: 1900

Little Laflin Bridge

Carries CR 408 over Branch of Crooked Creek
Design: truss/pony/warren
Design Details: Warren pony truss
Total Length: 49.9 Feet
Span Length: 49.9 Feet

Overview: Lost pony truss bridge over a branch of Crooked Creek near Laflin on CR 408
History: Built ca. 1930; replaced 2005
Built: ca. 1930

Little Valley Church Bridge

Carries CR 524 over Cane Creek
Design: truss/pony/warren
Design Details: Warren pony truss
Total Length: 66.9 Feet
Span Length: 49.9 Feet

Overview: Pony truss bridge over Cane Creek on CR 524 northwest of Dongola
History: Built 1922
Built: 1922

Marble Hill Bridge

Carries MO 34/51 over Crooked Creek
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: 1906 bridge: Most likely a pin-connected through truss with one-lane wooden deck; see other Stupp Bros. bridges for examples 1922 bridge: 6-panel Pratt through truss with two-lane concrete deck
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost through truss bridges over Crooked Creek on MO 34/51 between Marble Hill and old Lutesville
History: First through truss built 1906 by Stupp Bros., replaced in 1922 by another through truss built by the state highway department, finally replaced 1974 by a concrete bridge.
Built: 1922

Marble Hill Swinging Bridge

Carries Footpath over Crooked Creek
Design: suspension/wire
Design Details: Wire suspension
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost three-tower swinging footbridge over Crooked Creek between Marble Hill and old Lutesville
History: The first swinging footbridge, with two towers, was built 1899 to provide a link between Marble Hill and Lutesville when Crooked Creek flooded. A more substantial footbridge, with three towers, was built 1908
Built: 1899

Submitted by Bob Long and taken from a donated photo belonging to the Bollinger County Archives Center

New Lick Log Creek Bridge

Carries CR 736 over Lick Log Creek
Design: truss/pony/pratt
Design Details: Riveted, 5-panel Pratt pony truss
Total Length: 62.0 Feet
Span Length: 60.0 Feet

Overview: Relocated pony truss bridge over Lick Log Creek on CR 736 near Gipsy
History: Originally built 1922 over Opossum Creek on MO 51 near Marble Hill, relocated here in 1995
Built: 1922

The brackets are designed to hold guardrails, but those were never installed when this bridge was refurbished.

Faintly visible is a "G-318" notation, referring to the state highway inventory number for this bridge when it was first built. The top chord has "7.31.79" stenciled on it, which is likely when this bridge was last painted.

Patton Bridge

Carries MO 51 over Little Whitewater River
Design: truss/pony/warren/alt-verticals
Design Details: Two riveted, skewed, Warren pony trusses with alternating verticals
Total Length: 146.0 Feet
Span Length: 80.0 Feet

Overview: Two-span pony truss bridge over Little Whitewater River on MO 51 in Patton
History: Built 1922-23
Built: 1922

Perkins Creek CR 708 Bridge

Carries CR 708 over Perkins Creek
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost bridge on CR 708 over Perkins Creek northwest of Zalma
History: Built ca. 1920; replaced 1989
Built: ca. 1920

Sank Bridge

Carries CR 530 over Clubb Creek
Design: truss/bedstead/pratt
Design Details: Pin-connected, 3-panel Pratt bedstead pony truss with vertical endposts
Total Length: 38.0 Feet
Span Length: 38.0 Feet

Overview: Lost bedstead pony truss bridge over Clubb Creek on CR 530, northeast of Zalma
History: Built 1908 near Zalma by Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co.; relocated here in 1927
Built: 1908

Sedgewickville Bridge

Carries Route K over Whitewater River
Design: girder/pony/plate
Design Details: Pony plate girder
Total Length: 355.9 Feet
Span Length: 103.3 Feet

Overview: Three-span pony plate-girder bridge over Whitewater River on Route K north of Sedgewickville
History: Built 1936
Built: 1936

Slagle Creek Bridge

Carries CR 714 over Slagle Creek
Design: truss/pony/borcherding
Design Details: Miller & Borcherding pony truss
Total Length: 40.1 Feet
Span Length: 39.0 Feet

Overview: Pony truss bridge over Slagle Creek on CR 714
History: Built ca. 1925 by Miller & Borcherding Bridge Builders of St. Louis
Built: ca. 1925

Stones Branch Bridge

Carries MO 51 over Stones Branch
Design: truss/pony/pratt
Design Details: Riveted, 5-panel Pratt pony truss
Total Length: 64.0 Feet
Span Length: 60.0 Feet

Overview: Lost pony truss bridge over Stones Branch on MO 51, near the Route A intersection
History: Built 1922
Built: 1922

Zalma Bridge

Status: As of August 2021, bridge no longer exists.
As of August 2021 bridge has been removed, and new span is being built.

Carries MO 51 over Castor River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Riveted, 5-panel Pratt through truss
Total Length: 398.8 Feet
Span Length: 100.4 Feet

Overview: Through truss bridge over Castor River on MO 51 at Zalma
History: Built 1929-30, replacing a 1900 span that was then moved to Gipsy
Built: 1930

Opossum Creek CR 501 Bridge

Carries CR 501 over Opossum Creek
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 32.2 Feet
Span Length: 29.9 Feet

Overview: Wooden bridge over Opossum Creek on CR 501
History: Built 1975
Built: 1975

Malone Creek CR 418 Bridge

Carries CR 418 over Malone Creek
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 35.1 Feet
Span Length: 34.1 Feet

Overview: Lost wooden bridge over Malone Creek on CR 418
History: Built 1933; replaced 2009(?)
Built: 1933

Little Whitewater CR 906 Bridge

Carries CR 906 over Little Whitewater River
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 28.9 Feet
Span Length: 25.9 Feet

Overview: Wooden deck bridge over Little Whitewater River on CR 906
History: Built 1928
Built: 1928

Hog Creek CR 302 Bridge

Carries CR 302 over Hog Creek
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 24.9 Feet
Span Length: 22.0 Feet

Overview: Small wooden deck bridge over Hog Creek on CR 302
History: Built 1928
Built: 1928

Dry Creek MO 91 Bridge

Carries MO 91 over Dry Creek
Design: beam/tee
Design Details: Concrete tee beam
Total Length: 83.0 Feet
Span Length: 37.4 Feet

Overview: Concrete tee beam bridge over Dry Creek on MO 91
History: Built 1927
Built: 1927

Diversion Channel MO 91 Bridge

Carries MO 91 over Diversion Channel
Design: unknown
Design Details:
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost bridge over the Diversion Channel on MO 91 north of Advance
History: Built 1922; replaced 1970
Built: 1922

Little Muddy Creek Bridge

Carries MO 72 over Little Muddy Creek
Design: truss/pony
Design Details: Pony truss
Total Length: 65.0 Feet
Span Length: 60.0 Feet

Overview: Lost pony truss bridge over Little Muddy Creek on MO 72
History: Built 1923; rehabilitated 1975; replaced 1992
Built: 1923

Slagle Creek CR 720 Bridge

Carries CR 720 over Slagle Creek
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 86.9 Feet
Span Length: 28.9 Feet

Overview: Lost wooden deck bridge over Slagle Creek on CR 720
History: Built 1922; replaced 1994
Built: 1922

Bollinger County Road 628 Bridge

Carries CR 628 over Drainage ditch
Design: truss/pony/borcherding
Design Details: Miller & Borcherding pony truss
Total Length: 50.9 Feet
Span Length: 48.9 Feet

Overview: Lost pony truss bridge over a drainage ditch on CR 628
History: Built ca. 1920, probably by Miller & Borcherding
Built: ca. 1920

Castor River Overflow Bridge

Carries MO 51 over Castor River Overflow
Design: beam/tee
Design Details: Concrete tee beam
Total Length: 170.0 Feet
Span Length: 42.7 Feet

Overview: Concrete tee beam bridge over Castor River Overflow on MO 51 near Zalma
History: Built 1929; rehabilitated 1974
Built: 1929

Crooked Creek CR 846 Bridge

Carries CR 846 over Crooked Creek
Design: culvert/concrete
Design Details: Low-water concrete slab culvert
Total Length: 36.1 Feet
Span Length: 4.9 Feet

Overview: Concrete bridge over Crooked Creek on CR 846 at Hawn Access Conservation Area
History: Built 1922
Built: 1922

CR 502 Culvert

Carries CR 502 over Branch of Opossum Creek
Design: slab
Design Details: Concrete slab with stone abutments
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Bollinger County Road 234 Bridge

Carries CR 234 over Branch of Whitewater River
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer with concrete deck
Total Length: 36.1 Feet
Span Length: 35.1 Feet

Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Branch of Whitewater River on CR 234
History: Built ca. 1920
Built: ca. 1920

Hurricane Creek Bridge

Carries Route CC over Hurricane Creek
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 159.1 Feet
Span Length: 61.0 Feet

Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Hurricane Creek on Route CC
History: Built 1960
Built: 1960

Brush Creek Bridge

Carries Route P over Brush Creek
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 90.9 Feet
Span Length: 30.8 Feet

Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Brush Creek on Route P
History: Built 1933
Built: 1933

Whitewater River CR 234 Bridge

Carries CR 234 over Whitewater River
Design: culvert/concrete
Design Details: Concrete low-water bridge
Total Length: 21.0 Feet
Span Length: 9.8 Feet

Overview: Concrete culvert bridge over Whitewater River on CR 234
History: Built ca. 1925
Built: ca. 1925

Whitewater River CR 236 Bridge

Carries CR 236 over Whitewater River
Design: culvert/concrete
Design Details: Concrete low-water bridge
Total Length: 107.0 Feet
Span Length: 12.1 Feet

Overview: Concrete culvert bridge over Whitewater River on CR 236
History: Built 1915
Built: 1915

Richardson Bridge

Carries Frisco Railroad (Zalma Branch) over Castor River Diversion Channel
Design: unknown
Design Details:
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost bridge over Castor River Diversion Channel on Frisco Railroad (Zalma Branch)
History:
Built:

Photo from the Little River Drainage District Collection, Missouri State Archives

Castor Bridge

Carries Frisco Railroad (Zalma Branch) over Castor River
Design: unknown
Design Details:
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet

Overview: Lost Bridge over Castor River on Frisco Railroad (Zalma Branch)
History:
Built:

Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.

Bridges Found: 49

Bollinger County Road 428 Bridge