title: Old Appleton Bridge
text: # Old Appleton Bridge
  
  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, with two pin-connected, three panel Pratt pony-truss approach spans. It rests on limestone block masonry piers. The total length of the bridge is 161 feet (49 $m).^{:5–6}$
  
  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
  
  