Old Bridge

Two years ago today the Old Bridge was knocked down after spanning the river since 1917. At about 10pm they dropped a 3000 pound wrecking ball on the NE corner of the main span. The second hit the entire bridge fell into the river. By 9am the following day they had all the metal out of the river and canoes were going by. If you wanted to come to Black River Lodge, Riversedge, Wilderness, Camp Taum Sauk, or the Peola Valley Pottery this was the way. Here is a great web site about the old bridge and every other bridge in Missouri.

For those of us on Peola Road the loss of the Old Bridge was a bigger event that the Taum Sauk breach.