Grand Glaize Bridge, Spanning Lake of Ozarks at U.S. Route 54, Osage Beach, Camden County, MO
Summary
Significance: The Grand Glaize Bridge, designed by Sverdrup and Parcel, Consulting Engineers of St. Louis, is one of three cantilevered deck trusses in Missouri. Built in preparation for the Lake of the Ozarks, a vast reservoir impounded behind Bagnell Dam, the Grand Glaize Bridge and a new section of U.S. Route 54 allowed this formerly remote region to open for tremendous tourist development.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N376
Survey number: HAER MO-79
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
Osage Beach, 38.15031, -92.61796
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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