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1902 Long Shoals Iron Bridge Moving to Fort Scott, Kansas

Posted on April 22, 2016 by admin

Last week the Kansas Department of Transportation announced a grant to the Fort Scott/Bourbon County Riverfront Authority to help pay for moving the 1902 Long Shoals metal truss bridge from the Little Osage River to the Marmaton River at the … Continue reading →

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COLLAPSE OF BROWN’S FORD BRIDGE ON OSAGE RIVER

Posted on October 21, 2014 by admin

This “swinger” over the Osage at Brown’s Ford was built between 1912 and 1915 by E.A. Bledsoe and Ira Alspach, who also built the suspension bridge at Monegaw Springs.  (see earlier post here) On June 21, 1940, the aging Brown’s … Continue reading →

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HISTORIC HURRICANE DECK BRIDGE OVER LAKE OF THE OZARKS DYNAMITED

Posted on December 15, 2013 by admin

The last of three bridges designed by Svedrup and Parcel dynamited and replaced by new span. December 8, 2014 – Missouri’s highways and transportation commissioner pushed the plunger, detonating dynamite on a 740 foot section of the Hurricane Deck bridge … Continue reading →

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