Historic Bridges of the U.S. | River Aux Vases US 61 Bridge

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Looking south

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Main span

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Northern pony truss

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View from a nearby county road

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Spalling along the deck

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Facts

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over River Aux Vases between Ste. Genevieve and St. Mary
Location: Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1925; replaced July 2004
Design: Center span: 7-panel Pratt through truss
Both approaches: Warren pony trusses
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 141.4 ft.
Total length: 268.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.92011, -89.99447 (decimal degrees)
37°55'12" N, 89°59'40" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: Survey #397 (T. 37 N., R. 9 E.)
Inventory numbers: MoDOT H-63 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 4848 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22673 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Comments

River Aux Vases US 61 Bridge

Posted January 11, 2007, by Bryan Spraul (spraul [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Grew up about 2 miles from this bridge used regularly. It had been in such disrepair and repaired so many times that at times you could see through holes in the deck to the creek below. The crew would simply stuff the holes and pave over them. It was so narrow that if a passenger vehicle and a semi-truck approached from different directions at the same time often one or the other would stop to let to the other vehicle through to as to avoid having pass each other while on the bridge for fear of collision. The border of the rust on the trusses/superstructure are from the flood of 93 and mark where the river crested that summer.

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Posted October 25, 2005, by kwame kodie (kwamekodie [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Dear Sir,

Could you kindly suggest supports methods which persons or group of persons will use(standing on) when wire brushing and painting(primary and secondary coating) on the main truss, the under path of the main truss of span of 30.5 meters thank you and counting on your co-operation.

kwame kodie

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