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Distant view |
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Deck view |
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East end |
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Southern truss |
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Northern truss |
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Close-up of hip joint |
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Under the main span |
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Close-up of truss |
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Under the west approach |
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West abutment |
Facts
- Overview
- Pony truss bridge over Whitewater River on Route A, just west of Whitewater
- Location
- Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
- Status
- Open to two-lane traffic
- Future prospects
- Does not need to be replaced
- History
- Built 1954, replacing an older bridge built ca. 1880 located a short distance to the north
- Design
- Riveted, 12-panel polygonal Warren pony truss with verticals
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 120.4 ft.
Total length: 221.0 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.23224, -89.80165 (decimal degrees)
37°13'56" N, 89°48'06" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/251453/4124314 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- Survey #2271 (T. 30 N., R. 11 E.)
- USGS topographic map
- Whitewater
- Inventory numbers
- MoDOT L-567 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 6352 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21125 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 11/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 48.6 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
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