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Barbara Meales contacted HistoricBridges.org with the following local news snippets which may refer to this bridge (if so, the bridge dates to ca. 1902).
Democrat Argus newspaper dated September 23, 1902:
Mr. Webber of the American Company, Kansas City was in this city (Caruthersville) Saturday. He has the contract for building the iron bridge across Little River on which he has commenced work. The iron span of the bridge will be 100 long and will be built across the river at a point just below the Gulf Railroad and directly in front of the Roe place.
Democrat Argus - October 23, 1902:
Mr. Webber, the bridge constructor and his crew completed the bridge here Friday and departed Saturday for Iowa where they have another contract.
Democrat Argus October 3, 1901
The drainage commission composed of J. M. Bingham, Sterling McCarty, Chas Tistadt and Gene Randolph met and recommended 7 iron bridges at a cost of $600 each and 4 wooden bridges at a cost of $150.00 each.
This bridge is a traditionally composed pin-connected Pratt through truss. The truss contains six panels, and there is a single stringer approach span. With a-frame portal bracing and no unusually distinctive details, the bridge stylistically dates to the later period of the pin-connected truss bridge era, and as such a construction date of c. 1905 seems appropriate. The more recent history of this bridge includes vehicular impact damage that bent a vertical member, and also appeared to result in a section of the bottom chord sagging somewhat. Following this damage, repairs were conducted, including but not limited to plates being welded to the damaged vertical member. These repairs made the bridge safe and in decent overall condition once again. With its attractive appearance and historic value as a surviving representative example of a once-common structure type, as well as carrying traffic on a road with a low average daily traffic of thirty, this bridge deserves to be preserved
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