Photos
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Overview from north |
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Oblique view |
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West end |
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West portal |
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Pony truss |
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Deck view |
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Close-up of truss |
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Upper chord hip joint |
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Behind the east portal |
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East portal |
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East approach |
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Hidden plaque |
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DevilsElbowRt66 Photo taken by Gene McCluney in October 2007 |
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DevilsElbowRt66 2 Photo taken by Gene McCluney in October 2007 |
Facts
- 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
- Builder
- - Riley & Bailey (Contractor)
- 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
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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") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/582487/4189433 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 36 N., R. 10 W., Sec. 18
- USGS topographic map
- Devils Elbow
- Inventory numbers
- MONBI 18976 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22368 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 09/2007)
- 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 2007)
- 100
Sources
- Gene McCluney - mccluney [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- Missouri Historic Bridge Inventory
Comments
It is still open. I drive across it once a week or more and have floated under it twice this past week.
It should be still open. It is a tourist attraction on old Route 66. Why? Have you heard differently?
Does anybody know if this bridge is still open?
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.
This Photograph was taken in 1931
