Map 

Vicinity Map

Vicinity map

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Facts 

Overview
Steel stringer bridge over Bear Creek on Old US 66
Location
Laclede County, Missouri
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1923; rehabilitated 1972
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 89.9 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.75167, -92.57000   (decimal degrees)
37°45'06" N, 92°34'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/537879/4178349 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 35 N., R. 15 W., Sec. 28
USGS topographic map
Stoutland
Inventory numbers
MONBI 4571 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21825 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2007)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 69.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
464

Categories 

Beam (1,764)
Built 1923 (292)
Built during 1920s (4,594)
Laclede County, Missouri (10)
Missouri (2,485)
Open (21,925)
Owned by state (6,683)
Skewed (1,681)
Span length 75-100 feet (3,303)
Steel stringer (425)
Total length 75-100 feet (3,386)
US 66 (29)

Update Log 

  • June 16, 2008: Greg Hall reports bridge is not a pony truss

Sources 

  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com

Comments 

Bear Creek US 66 Bridge
Posted August 11, 2008, by Greg and Olivia Hall (cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com)

The only bridge that we find on this stretch of raod is very near the jnct of Old route 66 and Hwy F (slightly different that the map placement, so you might double check me). GPS of N37 44.409 w92 35.215. Taken 7/24/08

Photo 1- Looking west

Photo 2- Weight limit sign

Photo 3- Looking East

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