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Close-up of truss

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Overview
Pony truss bridge over Buckeye Creek on US 61 just south of Hughes Creek Bridge
Location
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Status
Open to one-lane traffic
Future prospects
Scheduled for replacement
History
Built 1922
Design
Riveted, 5-panel Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 49.9 ft.
Total length: 54.1 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.54706, -89.68609   (decimal degrees)
37°32'49" N, 89°41'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey
T. 33 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 14
Inventory numbers
MoDOT G-29 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 4560 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21083 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2006)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 14.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
1,342

Categories 

5-panel truss (95)
Built 1922 (327)
Built during 1920s (4,025)
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri (55)
Doomed (76)
Missouri (2,355)
One-lane traffic (304)
Open (21,591)
Owned by state (6,524)
Pony truss (9,385)
Pratt truss (1,400)
Riveted (355)
Span length 25-50 feet (6,042)
Structurally deficient (10,789)
Total length 50-75 feet (4,935)
Truss (15,739)
US 61 (27)

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