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View from southeast

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View from south

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View of bridge and the Capitol

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View from outside of the Capitol

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Looking south from overpass

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Both bridges

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Both bridges looking north

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South end

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North portal from below

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Northern approach southbound bridge

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North portal

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South portal

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Close-up of top of arch

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Close-up of pier

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Underneath looking south

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Joint above a pier

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Lower chord joint

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Aerial photo postcard

This postcard shows the first bridge soon after it was built.

Map 

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Vicinity map

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Facts 

Overview
Pair of steel through arch bridges over the Missouri River at Jefferson City on US 54/63 in Jefferson City
Status
Open to traffic on a multi-lane freeway
History
Original southbound bridge opened August 1955; new northbound bridge added 1991
Design
Steel through arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 595.6 ft.
Total length: 3,124.2 ft.
Deck width: 46.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.58767, -92.17880   (decimal degrees)
38°35'16" N, 92°10'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey
T. 44 N., R. 11 W., Sec. 7
Inventory numbers
MoDOT L-550R2 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 6345 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21322 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2004)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 55.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
27,196

Categories 

Arch (7,542)
Built 1955 (176)
Built during 1950s (1,393)
Callaway County, Missouri (54)
Cole County, Missouri (22)
Functionally obsolete (5,033)
Jefferson City, Missouri (11)
Missouri (2,322)
Missouri River (60)
Open (21,537)
Owned by state (6,495)
Span length 500-1000 feet (233)
Steel through arch (127)
Total length over 2500 feet (334)
US 54 (18)
US 63 (25)

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Jefferson City Bridge
Posted May 6, 2008, by David B. Haun (dbhaun [at] gmail [dot] com)

Jefferson City Bridge Southbound Span

Jefferson City Bridge
Posted April 27, 2008, by David B. Haun (dbhaun [at] gmail [dot] com)

You put it in us 64 instead of us 63 category please correct it.

Thank you,

David B. Haun

Jefferson City Bridge
Posted March 25, 2008, by David B. Haun (dbhaun [at] gmail [dot] com)

Add category US 63 to Jefferson City Bridge.