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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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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

Update Log

June 4, 2008: New photos from James Baughn

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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?