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14 data pages
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TITLE:
Current River Bridge, Spanning Current River at Doniphan, Doniphan, Ripley County, MO

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MO,91-DONI,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 9   (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 13 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Missouri Highway & Transportation Department
St. Louis Bridge & Iron Company
Missouri State Highway Commission

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MO-65

Building/structure dates: 1928 initial construction

Significance: The Current River Bridge is a multi-span concrete-and-steel bridge consisting of three Parker through trusses and twenty-five concrete deck girder spans. Comprised of elements built from Missouri Highway department standard designs, the bridge, when completed, was distinguished as one of the longest bridges on the state highway system, and is a well-preserved example of standardized elements in bridge construction during the formative era of the Missouri State Highway Department.

SUBJECTS:
MISSOURI--Ripley County--Doniphan

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.mo1187

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. VIEW SHOWING SOUTH SIDE OF PARKER THROUGH TRUSS SPANS, LOOKING UPSTREAM
2. VIEW OF CONCRETE PIERS AND THROUGH TRUSS SPANS, LOOKING EAST
3. VIEW SHOWING WESTERN APPROACH DECK GIRDER SPANS AND WEST PORTAL OF THROUGH TRUSS SPANS
4. VIEW SHOWING EAST PORTAL OF THROUGH TRUSS SPANS
5. VIEW SHOWING UNDERSIDE AND SOUTH SIDE OF WESTERNMOST TRUSS SPAN
6. VIEW SHOWING UNDERSIDE OF WESTERNMOST TRUSS SPAN
7. VIEW SHOWING EASTERN APPROACH DECK GIRDER SPANS
8. VIEW SHOWING CONCRETE BENTS OF EASTERN DECK GIRDER SPANS
9. VIEW SHOWING CONCRETE BENTS AND GIRDERS OF EASTERN DECK GIRDER SPANS

CONTROL #:
MO1187

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