Kaskaskia Bridge
Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri
and Randolph County, Illinois
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss bridge over the old channel of the Mississippi River on Route U connecting St. Mary, MO and Kaskaskia Island, IL
- Status
- Replaced with new concrete bridge
- History
- Built 1936; rehabilitated 1977; replaced 2001
- Design
- Through truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 360.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.4 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.88017, -89.94770 (decimal degrees)
37°52'49" N, 89°56'52" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/240750/4196616 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- Survey #1862 (T. 37 N., R. 10 E.)
- USGS topographic map
- Kaskaskia
- Inventory numbers
- MoDOT X-393R (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 22669 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 11/1991)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 18.2 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1991)
- 785