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The Lake of the Ozarks Community Bridge is a continuous truss bridge in Lake Ozark. The bridge is over 2,695 ft (821 m) long and 72 ft (22 m) wide. [ 31 ] Built in 1998, it is one of the newest bridges in the Lake of the Ozarks area, primarily built to connect the east (towards Lake Ozark and Osage Beach) and west sides (towards Sunrise Beach ...
The resulting reservoir, the Lake of the Ozarks, has a surface area of 55,000 acres (22,000 ha), over 1,150 miles (1,850 km) of shoreline, and stretches 94 miles (151 km) from end to end. At the time of construction, it was the largest man-made lake in United States and one of the largest in the world.
A rural Ozarks scene. Phelps County, Missouri The Saint Francois Mountains, viewed here from Knob Lick Mountain, are the exposed geologic core of the Ozarks.. The Ozarks, also known as the Ozark Mountains, Ozark Highlands or Ozark Plateau, is a physiographic region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, as well as a small area in the southeastern corner of Kansas. [1]
The Lake of the Ozarks Community Bridge carries Highway MM across the lake from the southwest part of the city; the highway leads west 9 miles (14 km) to Sunrise Beach. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the city of Lake Ozark has a total area of 7.91 square miles (20.49 km 2 ), of which 7.19 square miles (18.62 km 2 ) are land and 0.72 ...
The park also features caves, sinkholes, and bluffs overlooking the lake. It is a prominent example of karst topography, which is geological formation shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock. [5] A 70-acre (28 ha) portion of the park was designated as the Ha Ha Tonka Karst Natural Area in 1981. [6]
To sink your teeth in a bit of Osceola's history, visit the Johnson Library and Museum or St. Clair County Historical Society Museum. The former, founded in 1899, contains more than 35,000 items ...
The Lake of the Ozarks is often listed as one of the most dangerous lakes in the country for boating and drowning accidents. U.S. Coast Guard statistics recorded 61 boating accidents on the lake ...
Osage Beach was founded in 1886 as Zebra before being renamed as Osage Beach in 1935. Osage Beach was incorporated in 1959. [4] [5]When the Lake of the Ozarks was created, it caused the flooding of much of Zebra.