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Overview: Three-span through truss bridge over Flat Creek on MO 248 just west of MO 39
Location: Barry County, Missouri
Status: Open to one-lane traffic
History: Built 1930
Design: Three riveted, 6-panel Pratt through trusses
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 121.7 ft.
Total length: 360.8 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.76959, -93.67583 (decimal degrees)
36°46'11" N, 93°40'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: T. 24 N., R. 25 W., Sec. 19
Inventory numbers: MoDOT J-382 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 5371 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 20806 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2006): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 48.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 1,186