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Overview |
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West end |
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East end |
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East tower |
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Close-up of span |
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On the bridge |
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Close-up of east tower |
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Close-up of cables |
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Anchors |
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Connectors from side |
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Connectors from below |
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Corrugated steel deck |
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Gap between deck and abutment |
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West abutment |
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Underneath the span |
Facts
- Overview
- Swinging bridge over Tavern Creek on Kemna Bridge Road (CR 52-56) east of St. Elizabeth
- Location
- Miller County, Missouri
- Status
- Open to traffic with a 15 ton weight limit
- History
- Built 1924 by Joseph Dice; rehabilitated 1978
- Builder
- - Joseph Dice
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Dimensions
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Total length: 167.0 ft.
Deck width: 11.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.7 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.24715, -92.24483 (decimal degrees)
38°14'50" N, 92°14'41" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/566079/4233506 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 40 N., R. 12 W., Sec. 3
- USGS topographic map
- Van Cleve
- Inventory numbers
- MONBI 17571 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22046 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 01/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 45.2 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
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