Status: Open to traffic
Location: 37.203023,-89.546412
Carries Messmer Street (formerly US 61) over Branch of Ramsey Branch
Design: girder/deck/concrete
Design Details: Concrete deck girder
Total Length: 33.1 Feet
Span Length: 32.2 Feet
Overview: Concrete bridge on Messmer Street (Old US 61) over a branch of Ramsey Creek just north of Kelso
History: Built 1919 by contractor Stanford Madden
Built: 1919
Location: Scott County
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107048
Overview
Photo taken by James Baughn
107049
Deck view
Photo taken by James Baughn
107050
Damaged railing
Photo taken by James Baughn
Status: Demolished
Location: 36.994602,-89.443305
Carries MO 77 over North Cut Ditch
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Riveted, 5-panel Pratt through truss
Total Length: 104.0 Feet
Span Length: 100.0 Feet
Overview: Lost through truss bridge on MO 77 over North Cut Ditch northwest of Diehlstadt
History: Built 1923; rehabilitated 1941; demolished 2019
Built: 1923
Location: Scott County
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295188
Overview
Photo taken by James Baughn in September 2014
295189
East portal
Photo taken by James Baughn in September 2014
295190
Truss
Photo taken by James Baughn in September 2014
295191
View from a distance
Photo taken by James Baughn in September 2014
295192
Deck view
Photo taken by James Baughn in September 2014
295193
Upper joint
Photo taken by James Baughn in September 2014
295194
Looking upstream
Photo taken by James Baughn in September 2014
295195
Lower chord
Photo taken by James Baughn in September 2014
295196
Railing
Photo taken by James Baughn in September 2014
295197
Shoe
Photo taken by James Baughn in September 2014
295198
Underneath
Photo taken by James Baughn in September 2014
Status: Replaced by a new culvert
Location: 37.140829,-89.581145
Carries CR 224 over Branch of Caney Creek
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost wooden stringer bridge over a branch of Caney Creek on CR 224 northeast of New Hamburg
History:
Built:
Location: Scott County
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107052
Deck view
Photo taken by James Baughn
107053
Oblique view
Photo taken by James Baughn
Status: No longer exists
Location: 37.016598,-89.673741
Carries CR 432 over Drainage ditch
Design: truss/pony/warren
Design Details: Warren pony truss
Total Length: 62.0 Feet
Span Length: 60.0 Feet
Overview: Lost pony truss bridge with wooden deck on CR 432 northeast of Vanduser
History: Built ca. 1925; replaced 1997
Built: ca. 1925
Location: Scott County
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Status: Replaced by a culvert
Location: 37.118275,-89.679743
Carries CR 261 over Drainage ditch
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 23.0 Feet
Span Length: 22.0 Feet
Overview: Lost wooden bridge over a drainage ditch on CR 261
History: Built 1964
Built: 1964
Location: Scott County
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Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 36.939458,-89.634233
Carries CR 468 over Ditch No. 4
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 47.9 Feet
Span Length: 18.0 Feet
Overview: Lost wooden bridge over Ditch No. 4 on CR 468
History: Built 1962; rehabilitated 1994; replaced 2013
Built: 1962
Location: Scott County
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Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 37.053333,-89.683333
Carries CR 420 over Ditch No. 2
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer with timber deck
Total Length: 63.0 Feet
Span Length: 21.0 Feet
Overview: Lost wooden deck bridge over Ditch No. 2 on CR 420
History: Built 1962; replaced 2013
Built: 1962
Location: Scott County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 37.102417,-89.666267
Carries MO 77 over BNSF Railroad
Design: beam/tee
Design Details: Concrete tee beam
Total Length: 183.1 Feet
Span Length: 52.2 Feet
Overview: Concrete tee beam bridge over the BNSF Railroad on Mo 77 just north of Oran
History: Built 1933
Built: 1933
Location: Scott County
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Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 37.091301,-89.543890
Carries MO 77 over Lateral Ditch No. 1
Design: slab
Design Details: Slab
Total Length: 66.9 Feet
Span Length: 22.6 Feet
Overview: Lost slab bridge over Lateral Ditch No. 1 on MO 77
History: Built 1931
Built: 1931
Location: Scott County
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221347
Driving across
Photo taken by James Baughn in December 2011
Status: No longer exists
Location: 0.000000,0.000000
Carries over Ramsey Creek
Design: truss/pony/kingpost
Design Details: Kingpost pony truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Kingpost pony truss bridge over Ramsey Creek
History:
Built:
Location: Scott County
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235221
View of bridge crossing creek
Photo taken Sept. 19, 1919
Photo courtesy of the Little River Drainage District Collection, Missouri State Archives
235222
Wooden bridge across Ramsey Creek
Photo taken Sept. 20, 1919
Photo courtesy of the Little River Drainage District Collection, Missouri State Archives
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 37.204757,-89.640048
Carries Route M over BNSF and UP railroads
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 367.1 Feet
Span Length: 125.3 Feet
Overview: Steel stringer bridge over BNSF and UP railroads on Route M
History: First built 1988, the main span destroyed by train collision on May 25, 2013, reopened on August 30th, 2013.
Built: 1988/2013
Location: Scott County
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254419
Overview
Photo taken by James Baughn in June 2011
254420
Rail diamond
Photo taken by James Baughn in June 2011
254421
Looking north from bridge
Photo taken by James Baughn in June 2011
254422
View from a distance
Photo taken by James Baughn in June 2011
254423
Crowd gathered to watch steam train on June 6 2011
Photo taken by James Baughn in June 2011
254424
Steam train passes underneath
Photo taken by James Baughn in June 2011
254425
Steam train viewed from above
Photo taken by James Baughn in June 2011
254524
View from Route M following collapse
Photo taken by James Baughn in May 2013
254525
Wreckage
Photo taken by James Baughn in May 2013
Status: Open to traffic on a private driveway
Location: 37.087709,-89.571116
Carries An old alignment of US 61/private driveway over a creek
Design: slab
Design Details: Slab
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Slab bridge over a creek on An old alignment of US 61/private driveway
History:
Built:
Location: Scott County
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Status: Demolished
Location: 37.186303,-89.552545
Carries Messmer Street over Unnamed branch of Ramsey Creek
Design: arch/deck/closed
Design Details: Closed-spandrel arch
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost concrete arch bridge over an unnamed branch of Ramsey Creek on Messmer Street in Kelso
History:
Built:
Location: Scott County
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Status: Replaced by new bridge
Location: 37.214017,-89.560478
Carries Route M over Ramsey Creek
Design: truss/pony/warren
Design Details: Warren pony truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Warren pony truss bridge over Ramsey Creek on Route M
History: Replaced 1963
Built:
Location: Scott County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 36.861809,-89.637646
Carries MO 114 over Drainage Ditch No. 1
Design: slab
Design Details: Slab
Total Length: 78.1 Feet
Span Length: 26.2 Feet
Overview: Slab bridge over Drainage Ditch No. 1 on MO 114
History: Built 1941
Built: 1941
Location: Scott County
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Status: Replaced by new bridge
Location: 37.096735,-89.725948
Carries CR 268 over Ditch No. 1
Design: truss/pony/pratt
Design Details: Pratt pony truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Pratt pony truss bridge over Ditch No. 1 on CR 268
History: Replaced 1987
Built:
Location: Scott County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 37.082603,-89.572056
Carries CR 407 (Old US 61) over Henderson Branch
Design: slab
Design Details: Slab
Total Length: 22.0 Feet
Span Length: 20.0 Feet
Overview: Slab bridge over Henderson Branch on CR 407 (Old US 61)
History: Built 1919
Built: 1919
Location: Scott County
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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.
