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Overview: Through truss bridge over Lost Creek on MO 79 at Elsberry
Location: Lincoln County, Missouri
Status: Open to two-lane traffic
History: Built 1938
Design: Riveted, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 114.8 ft.
Total length: 115.1 ft.
Deck width: 23.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.16258, -90.77918 (decimal degrees)
39°09'45" N, 90°46'45" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: T. 51 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 28
Inventory numbers: MoDOT K-334 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 5773 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21908 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2006): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 29.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 3,638