The historic Hargrove Bridge, the only "swing-draw" or
     pivot bridge remaining in Missouri, crosses Black River upstream from Highway
     53. 
 Built in 1917, the structure was listed on the National Register of
     Historic Places in 1985.  
The bridge was closed in 1993, due to flood
     debris.A government grant sponsored the funding for Butler county to hire the
     J.W.Githens Co. to renovate the bridge, and the historic bridge was re-opened in
     1999.  
The pivoting center span once allowed the passage of steamboats, and
     is no longer functional. 
 (Original Photo by: John R. Stanard -