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Overview: Three-span through truss bridge over Cuivre River on Main Street (Old MO 79) in Old Monroe
Status: Closed to all traffic as of March 2008
History: Built 1930
Design: Three riveted, skewed, 8-panel Pratt through trusses
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 143.0 ft.
Total length: 526.8 ft.
Deck width: 20.3 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.92841, -90.74541 (decimal degrees)
38°55'42" N, 90°44'43" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: Survey #1795 (T. 48 N., R. 2 E.)
Inventory numbers: MO 057-321500.1 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 21743 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21917 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2006): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 24.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 500

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April 23, 2008: Updated by Max Johnson
June 6, 2005: Posted new photos

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Old Monroe Bridge

Posted March 10, 2008, by GregP (lopull1 [at] aol [dot] com)

Bridge was closed to all traffic 03/09/2008.

Appears car accident on the North side of bridge severely damaged the guard rail leaving a large gap on that approach. From what I saw of most of the railing it wouldn't take much of an impact to just about tear the rail off clean. Most of the railing was barely attached because of rust damage. Bridge is in very poor shape.

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