1879,2005 Old Appleton Bridge over Apple Creek near Uniontown, MO

(Bridge Hunter broke Mar 22, 2023; Historic Bridges; Satellite, 210 photos)

Street View, Sep 2023

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Old Appleton Bridge, Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail (4,900 miles (7,886km) long)
"Listed on the National Register of Historic Places the bridge crossing the Apple Creek was built in 1879 connecting Perry and Cape Girardeau Counties. The only iron bridge of its kind in Missouri still in its original location. But before the bridge gave life to the thriving communities on both sides of the creek, in the late 1790’s the Shawnee Native Americans discovered the Apple Creek and made their home here with one of the largest tribal settlements known as the La Grande Village Sauvage in Perry County. It was during this time that Lewis and Clark documented in their 1804 journal about meeting and trading with the Native Americans on the Apple Creek as they ventured up one Mississippi River’s tributaries."

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Historical 1939 photo of bridge from Historic American Building Survey

2 of 24 photos posted by Drew Walters with the comment: "Pictures I took on December 21, 2023 of the 1879 Old Appleton Bridge in Old Appleton, Missouri. This is the oldest bridge I’ve photographed. Located just outside Perryville, the historic bridge was built by H.W. Sebastian & Co. of St. Louis. It was reconstructed in 2005 after being destroyed by a flood in 1982."

David LaBrot: My G-g-g grandfather operated a grist mill back in the 1820’s just to the right of that very bridge.

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"Old Appleton Bridge is a historic Pratt Truss Iron Bridge located at Old Appleton, Cape Girardeau County and Perry County, Missouri. It was built in 1879, and consists of a wrought iron, pin-connected, Pratt through truss main span. It rests on limestone block masonry piers. The total length of the bridge is 161 feet [49m]. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009."