Van Buren Bridge, Spanning Current River at US Route 60, Van Buren, Carter County, MO
Summary
Significance: The Van Buren Bridge is a multiple-span structure consisting of a six-panel Pratt through truss, a ten-panel Parker through truss, and ten Warren pony truss approach spans. It is one of Missouri's longest trussed crossings and is significant as an outstanding example of steel truss construction from the formative years of the Missouri State Highway Department.
Survey number: HAER MO-90
Building/structure dates: 1924-1926 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1996 Demolished
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Gillioz, Maurice E
Kansas City Structural Steel Company
Missouri State Highway Department
Missouri Highway & Transportation Department
Schmitz, Shaun, photographer
Austin, David C, historian
Location
Van Buren, 36.99561, -91.01457
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html