St. Francisville Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Former toll through truss bridge over Des Moines River on Route B
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge on new alignment for IA 394; but still carries Route B
- History
- Built 1937; tolls removed 2003
- Design
- Through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 228.0 ft.
Total length: 762.9 ft.
Deck width: 21.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.8 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.46250, -91.56696 (decimal degrees)
40°27'45" N, 91°34'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Land survey
- T. 65 N., R. 6 W., Sec. 4-5
- Inventory numbers
- MoDOT K-918 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 25293 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
IA 603980 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 21257 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 09/2005)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 45.5 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
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Comments
St. Francisville Bridge
Just wanted to update the status of this bridge. The toll bridge was replaced by a new bridge just to the west of this bridge in approx. 2004 (give or take a year). The tolls were taken off of this bridge, but the bridge was open at last check. The bridge still carries Hwy B on the Missouri side, and I believe the Iowa side is now a county road, but the road dead ends into the new highway (Highway 27) just north of the bridge).