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Overview

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South portal

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Deck view

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Damaged portal bracing

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Endpost

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Hip joint

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Lower chord

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North approach

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Oblique view

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Plaque

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Shoe

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Truss

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Underneath

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View from a distance

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West side

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Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Big River on Old US 67 in Desloge
Location
Desloge, St. Francois County, Missouri
Status
Open to two-lane traffic
Future prospects
In limbo
History
Built 1924; made obsolete by new bridge in 1957
Design
Riveted, 8-panel Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 150.9 ft.
Total length: 366.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.3 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.88962, -90.51044   (decimal degrees)
37°53'23" N, 90°30'38" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey
Survey #85 (T. 37 N., R. 5 E.)
Inventory numbers
MO 094-269002.6 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 20666 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22610 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2005)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 46.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
1,200

Categories 

8-panel truss (83)
Big River (Missouri) (7)
Built 1924 (341)
Built during 1920s (4,039)
Desloge, Missouri (3)
Functionally obsolete (5,075)
Missouri (2,368)
Open (21,634)
Owned by county (14,172)
Parker truss (417)
Riveted (362)
Span length 125-175 feet (1,997)
St. Francois County, Missouri (24)
Through truss (5,255)
Total length 250-500 feet (2,098)
Truss (15,801)
US 67 (41)

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Comments 

South Big River Bridge
Posted August 21, 2007, by Big Bobby

This is a cool site.

South Big River Bridge
Posted August 21, 2007, by Kara (kara_hollistergirl06 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

What do you mean by made obsolete by new bridge in 1957?

Do you mean made obsolete when you made the new 67 bridge?