Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Sinking Creek Bridge

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Overview

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View of one arch from side

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Arches viewed from east side

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Between the piers

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Underneath the northern approach

Map

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Facts

Overview: Three-span open-spandrel arches over Sinking Creek on MO 19 north of Round Spring
Location: Shannon County, Missouri
Status: Open to traffic on a paved road, but scheduled for future rehabilitation
History: Built 1925
Design: Open-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 338.8 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.30276, -91.41229 (decimal degrees)
37°18'10" N, 91°24'44" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: T. 30 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 7
Inventory numbers: MONBI 4853 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22545 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2004): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 53.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004): 554

Comments

Sinking Creek Bridge

Posted May 31, 2006, by Doug Canady (douglas [dot] canady [at] modot [dot] mo [dot] gov)

What an interesting and historic bridge in a gorgeous area of Missouri! With a sufficiency rating of 52, the bridge is eligible for federal funding for rehablitation, but not for total replacement. If no rehabilitation is done, then eventually MODOT will close the bridge to traffic. There are no alternate routes north and south in the area. Rehabilitation is inevitable. After witnessing a bad accident of a truck running into the bridge rail end post on the south side on Memorial Day 2006, it is obvious that the end posts need some sort of impact attenuator design for safety. I hope that MoDOT goes for an aesthetic, retro-historic sort of design when they rehabilitate the bridge. The designers will need to go "outside the box" to come up with a design that will match the existing historic structure aesthetics and satisfy FHWA and MUTCD design requirements. Send your input to MoDOT's District Engineer in Willow Springs, MO.