Merrick Ford Bridge, Spanning Spring River at CART Road 321, Waco, Jasper County, MO
Summary
Significance: The Waco Bridge is a typical example of a pin-connected Pratt-through-Truss erected by Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Works. This type of bridge was used throughout the country from the middle 1800s to the early part of the twentieth century.
Survey number: HAER MO-99
Building/structure dates: 1891 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Tullock, A J
Missouri Valley Bridge Company
Cook, Flatt & Strobel, Engineers, contractor
Franklin-Weekley, Rachel, transmitter
Geller, Phillip, photographer
Chambers, Robert S, historian
Location
jasper county, 37.24700, -94.59940
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