A controversial Upton Township bridge and nearby roadway are closed, and the Texas County Commission and board there are expected to meet at 4 p.m. Friday.
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representative was on scene Thursday after high water swept through the area, causing damage to the roadway and bridge.
A more than $22,000 new bridge was destroyed last year after weight limit concerns after a vote of two board members and then a tinhorn structure later built. The meeting to approve the demolition was an illegal session of the board, the Missouri attorney general’s office determined.
According to Shelly Carter, Missouri state program manager, with the U.S. Corps of Engineers, the later structure may not meet all of the general and regional conditions. The information is contained in an April 4 letter to Upton Township and Clarence “Rocky” Dailing, who constructed the second bridge.