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TITLE:
Washington Avenue Bridge, Spanning Missouri Pacific Railroad tracks, Main & , Sedalia, Pettis County, MO
CALL NUMBER:
HAER MO,80-SEDAL,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 17 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 18 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
NOTE:
Survey number HAER MO-29
Significance: The Washington Avenue Bridge is a single-span, steel Pratt through-truss bridge with a wooden deck and walkway. While the Pratt was an extremely common type, the Washington Avenue Bridge is the only example of its specific design in Pettis County. Also, to date no Pratt truss bridge in Missouri has been entered on the National Register of Historic Places.
SUBJECTS:
MISSOURI--Pettis County--Sedalia
civil engineering
railroad companies
railroad industry
OTHER TITLE:
Washington Avenue Viaduct
COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.mo1071
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW OF SOUTH APPROACH (FACING NORTH) FROM MAIN STREET
2. NORTH APPROACH (FACING SOUTH) FROM ST. LOUIS AVENUE
3. NORTH APPROACH VIEW
4. VIEW FROM EAST SIDE (LOOKING WEST)
5. VIEW FROM WEST SIDE (LOOKING EAST)
6. NORTH APPROACH (WEST SIDE) SHOWING BRIDGE GEOMETRICS
7. WEST SIDE OF SOUTH APPROACH, WITH STEPS TO WALKWAY
8. DETAIL OF SOUTH ABUTMENT, EAST SIDE
9. SOUTH APPROACH SHOWING SOME OF THE 22 CONCRETE FOOTINGS
10. DETAIL OF SOUTH MAIN PIER
11. DETAIL OF SUBSTRUCTURE: WALKWAY AT LEFT
12. APPROACH DECK AND SOUTH PORTAL
13. ROADBED, RAILING, UPRIGHT AND BRACING LOOKING EAST
14. DETAIL, TRUSS SEATING, EAST SIDE OF NORTH APPROACH
15. DETAIL, TYPICAL VERTICAL MEMBER CONNECTION
16. EAST SIDE OF SOUTH PORTAL
17. DETAIL, UPPER PORTAL CONNECTIONS, NORTH APPROACH
CONTROL #:
MO1071
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