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<blockquote data-quote="Mos Eisley" data-source="post: 3422003" data-attributes="member: 7235"><p>Warsaw Swinging Bridge in Warsaw Missouri. It jumped up and down, swayed, and had wooden planking that made a lot of noise. Pretty scary to cross when I was a kid. My uncle said it snapped once and several cars went in the river but a dude in a Volkswagon floated. Sounds like one of his tall tales to scare us more.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Bridge_(Warsaw,_Missouri)" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Bridge_(Warsaw,_Missouri)</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Upper Bridge</strong>, also known as the <strong>Warsaw Swinging Bridge</strong>, is a historic cable <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_bridge" target="_blank">suspension bridge</a> located at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw,_Missouri" target="_blank">Warsaw</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benton_County,_Missouri" target="_blank">Benton County, Missouri</a>. It originally opened in 1904 and rebuilt in 1928 after a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado" target="_blank">tornado</a> in 1924. It measures 600 feet long, and spans the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osage_River" target="_blank">Osage River</a>. It has a 500-foot span between steel towers.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Bridge_(Warsaw,_Missouri)#cite_note-DNR-2" target="_blank">[2]</a>:5</p><p></p><p>It was listed on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" target="_blank">National Register of Historic Places</a> in 1999.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mos Eisley, post: 3422003, member: 7235"] Warsaw Swinging Bridge in Warsaw Missouri. It jumped up and down, swayed, and had wooden planking that made a lot of noise. Pretty scary to cross when I was a kid. My uncle said it snapped once and several cars went in the river but a dude in a Volkswagon floated. Sounds like one of his tall tales to scare us more. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Bridge_(Warsaw,_Missouri)[/URL] [B]Upper Bridge[/B], also known as the [B]Warsaw Swinging Bridge[/B], is a historic cable [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_bridge']suspension bridge[/URL] located at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw,_Missouri']Warsaw[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benton_County,_Missouri']Benton County, Missouri[/URL]. It originally opened in 1904 and rebuilt in 1928 after a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado']tornado[/URL] in 1924. It measures 600 feet long, and spans the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osage_River']Osage River[/URL]. It has a 500-foot span between steel towers.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Bridge_(Warsaw,_Missouri)#cite_note-DNR-2'][2][/URL]:5 It was listed on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places']National Register of Historic Places[/URL] in 1999. [/QUOTE]
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