Upper Bridge (Warsaw, Missouri)

Upper Bridge
Location Old Highway A, over Osage River, Warsaw, Missouri
Coordinates 38°14′39″N 93°23′16″W / 38.24417°N 93.38778°W / 38.24417; -93.38778Coordinates: 38°14′39″N 93°23′16″W / 38.24417°N 93.38778°W / 38.24417; -93.38778
Area less than one acre
Built 1928 (1928)
Built by Dice, Joseph; Eddy, Daniel M.
NRHP Reference # 99001159[1]
Added to NRHP September 17, 1999

Upper Bridge, also known as the Warsaw Swinging Bridge, is a historic cable suspension bridge located at Warsaw, Benton County, Missouri. It originally opened in 1904 and rebuilt in 1928 after a tornado in 1924. It measures 600 feet long, and spans the Osage River. It has a 500-foot span between steel towers.[2]:5

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Ann M. Legreid, Lee Gilleard, Steve Mitchell, and Scott Myers (August 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Upper Bridge" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.


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