Caton Ford Bridge, Spanning Marmaton River at County Road 301, Nevada, Vernon County, MO
Summary
Significance: Built almost on hundred years ago by one of the Midwest's most prolific bridge erectors, the Caton Ford Bridge features a pin-connected Pratt truss superstructure. From the 1870s through the 1910s, thousands of pinned Pratt trusses were erected on Missouri's roadways. Although several hundred of these structures remain in use today, relatively few date from before the turn of the century. And fewer yet of the 19th century survivors remain structurally intact. The Caton Ford Bridge stands out among Missouri's pin-connected trusses as an early, well-documented and well-preserved example of what was once a mainstay structural type.
Survey number: HAER MO-76
Building/structure dates: 1894 Initial Construction
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Tags
bridges
missouri
caton
ford
bridge
caton ford bridge
marmaton
marmaton river
county road
vernon
vernon county
historic american engineering record
lysa wegman french
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Wegman-French, Lysa, transmitter
Location
missouri
,
37.86177, -94.35810
Source
Library of Congress
Link
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