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Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Finley Creek on Spring Hill Road northeast of Sparta
Location: Christian County, Missouri
Status: No longer exists
History: Built 1914 by the Canton Bridge Co.; demolished 2006
Builder: - Canton Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design: Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 200.1 ft.
Deck width: 11.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.03698, -93.05573 (decimal degrees)
37°02'13" N, 93°03'21" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: T. 27 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 18
Inventory numbers: MO 022-292002.2 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 21161 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21254 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2005): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 16.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 40

Spring Hill Road Bridge

Posted November 27, 2006, by Carl H. James (lightworks [dot] 1 [at] netzero [dot] net)

I went to photograph this bridge last Saturday and it has been torn down