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Overview from north

Photo taken by James Baughn

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Driving across northbound

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North approach

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Photo taken by Mark Frazier

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Overview: Pair of through truss bridges over the Missouri River on I-64/US 40/US 61 at Chesterfield
Status: Open to traffic
Future prospects: Plans in works of building a third span, and converting the current westbound span for bicycle use. However, construction is years away.
History: Northbound bridge built 1936-37; southbound built 1991
Builder: - Kansas City Bridge Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
Design: Cantilevered through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 513.5 ft.
Total length: 2,614.0 ft.
Deck width: 47.9 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.68667, -90.66333 (decimal degrees)
38°41'12" N, 90°39'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/703237/4284597 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 46 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 34
USGS topographic map: Weldon Spring
Inventory numbers: MONBI 5624 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22622 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2007): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 48.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 45,664