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Overview: Through truss bridge over Petite Saline Creek at the end of Route V, southeast of Boonville
Location: Cooper County, Missouri
Status: Open to one-lane traffic
Future prospects: Scheduled for replacement
History: Built 1905-06, possibly replacing an earlier covered bridge
Design: Pin-connected, 9-panel Parker through truss
Dimensions: Total length: 170.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.89918, -92.57882 (decimal degrees)
38°53'57" N, 92°34'44" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: T. 48 N., R. 15 W., Sec. 20
Inventory numbers: MoDOT W-304 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 9446 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21345 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2006): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 19.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 128