Old Monroe Bridge - 1930 - Old Monroe, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 55.776 W 090° 44.775
15S E 695360 N 4311379
Bridge still standing, but closed to traffic.
Waymark Code: WMQYFA
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/15/2016
Views: 2
County of bridge: Lincoln County
Location of bridge: Old MO-79 & Sycamore St., @ Cuivre River, Old Monroe
Built: 1930
Plate Text:
MISSOURI
HIGHWAY DEPT.
BRIDGE no H.748
1930
Three-span through truss bridge over Cuivre River on Main Street (Old MO 79) in Old Monroe
Design:
Three riveted, skewed, 8-panel Pratt through trusses
Dimensions:
Length of largest span: 143.0 ft.
Total length: 526.8 ft.
Deck width: 20.3 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.5 ft.
Note: Technical information taken from Bridgehunter listing.
AND This bridge is CLOSED to traffic
MO-79 ( The Great River Road), use to travel through each small town located near the Mississippi River, But today, some town got new sections of highway that bypass the town itself, like interstate highways, and this town is one of them. MP-79 loops around the town and the old highway is shut down. You cannot enter this town from the south because they closed the road.