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Overview: Two-span through truss bridge over Big Piney River at Devils Elbow on Teardrop Road (Old US 66)
Location: Pulaski County, Missouri
Status: Open to traffic, but in poor condition
History: Built 1923; made obsolete by new US 66 bridge in 1942
Design: From west to east:
One riveted Warren pony truss
Two riveted, 8-panel Parker through trusses
Four concrete deck girder spans with a curved alignment
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 161.0 ft.
Total length: 588.8 ft.
Deck width: 19.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.84862, -92.06241 (decimal degrees)
37°50'55" N, 92°03'45" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: T. 36 N., R. 10 W., Sec. 18
Inventory numbers: MONBI 18976 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22368 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2005): 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: 30.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 100

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January 25, 2005: Posted new photos

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Devils Elbow Bridge

Posted August 6, 2007, by Conor Watkins (cwatkin [at] umr [dot] edu)

This bridge is located in an extremely beautiful location yet poor maintenance has let it deteriorate to a point where I don't know if they will end up having to tear this down. I wouldn't be surprised if this one ends up collapsing someday as a truck drives across. You really start to wonder about the the structural integrity if you go underneath and look around. See http://www.rollanet.org/~conorw/cwome/article51&52combined.htm for more information on the condition of this bridge.

Devils Elbow Bridge

Posted January 23, 2007, by Teri Underhill (pleebie [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This Photograph was taken in 1931

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