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Oblique view |
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Main span |
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North portal |
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South portal |
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Side view of portal |
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South approach |
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Deck view These black-and-white photos were taken March 1987 by Ed Brummet for the Historic American Engineering Record. The bridge still had a wooden deck before its rehabilitation in 1989. |
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Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over the railroad tracks on Washington Street in Sedalia, three blocks east of MO 765
- Location
- Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1910-11 by the Midland Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1989
- Builder
- - Midland Bridge Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
- Design
- Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 115.1 ft.
Total length: 319.8 ft.
Deck width: 16.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.71063, -93.22400 (decimal degrees)
38°42'38" N, 93°13'26" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/480524/4284689 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 45 N., R. 21 W., Sec. 5
- USGS topographic map
- Sedalia East
- Inventory numbers
- MONBI 23167 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22306 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 03/2008)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 41.8 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
- 500
Sources
- HAER MO-29 - Washington Avenue Bridge