Westphalia Bridge

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Overview

Through truss bridge over Maries River on CR 611 near Westphalia

Location

Osage County, Missouri

Status

Open to one-lane traffic

History

Main span built 1893 by the Kansas City Bridge Co.; pony trusses added 1902 by the Interstate Bridge Co.

Builders

- Interstate Bridge Co. of Kansas City, Missouri (Approach)
- Kansas City Bridge Co. of Kansas City, Missouri (Main span)

Design

From west to east (all trusses are pin-connected):
One 4-panel half-hip Pratt pony truss, with northern truss destroyed
Two 5-panel half-hip Pratt pony trusses
One 7-panel Pratt through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 145.0 ft.
Total length: 279.8 ft.
Deck width: 13.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 18.5 ft.

Recognition

Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places

Approximate latitude, longitude

+38.44463, -91.99081   (decimal degrees)
38°26'41" N, 91°59'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Land survey

T. 43 N., R. 10 W., Sec. 26

Inventory numbers

MO 076-075000.3 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 14760 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22248 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 06/2005)

Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 22.9 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2005)

50

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Sources 

• Paul Boudreau - paboudreau [at] mchsi [dot] com

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