JACKSON and CLAY COUNTIES - The Missouri Department of Transportation is accepting proposals until September 30, 2024 for the reuse of the Warren through truss on Missouri Route 291 over the Missouri River, currently located south of River Bend, Missouri.
The Liberty Bend Bridge (L0568) is a 1949, rigid-connected, 1,882-foot-long cantilever Warren through truss bridge constructed by the Mount Vernon Bridge Company of Mount Vernon, Ohio. The bridge was designed by Sverdrup and Parcel of St. Louis, Missouri.
The bridge is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under Criteria A and C for significance in transportation and engineering. Because of that eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places, federal law requires any state proposing the removal of a historic bridge to first make the bridge available for donation to a state, locality, or responsible private entity for reuse. The bridge can be obtained by government entities, historical or civic-groups, or private citizens, free of charge. The cost to remove the bridge, or any of its parts, are borne by the party obtaining the bridge.
Individuals and organization interested in taking all or part of the bridge are invited to submit a proposal for reuse.
MoDOT’s Historic Preservation Section is now accepting proposals for the relocation and reuse of the bridge or its components until September 30, 2024. A proposal checklist is available on MoDOT’s Free Bridges website: https://www.modot.org/free-bridges.
For questions or additional information, please contact Intermediate Historic Preservation Specialist Tyler Holladay at Tyler.Holladay@modot.mo.gov or (573) 526-3598.