1931+1984+1995 US-54 Grand Glaize Bridges over Lake of the Ozarks

1931: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; HAER)

1984+1995: (Satellite)

Missouri had to build some long truss bridges when the 1931 Bagnell Dam was built. The bridge over the Niangua River Arm of Lake Ozarks was another one.

Ken Safran posted
1930 & 1950s - OSAGE BEACH, MO... The Grand Glaize Bridge over the Lake of the Ozarks opened in '31 in coordination with construction of the Bagnell Dam. Designers wanted to make sure the structure wouldn't impede the view so the trusses were built beneath what was often called the “Upside Down Bridge.” A new westbound bridge was opened in '84, with this original bridge being dismantled and replaced in '95.

1931 photo via Missouri State Archives via BridgeHunter

Postcard via Missouri State Archives via BridgeHunter

HAER MO,15-OSBE,1--1

"Significance: "The Grand Giaize 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 Giaize Bridge and a new section of U.S. Route 54 allowed this formerly remote region to open for tremendous tourist development." [HAER_data]

The replacement bridges look like steel-girder bridges.

Street View, Sep 2017