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Side view

Photos taken June 2005 by David Backlin

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Main span

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Oblique view

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Looking westbound

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Looking eastbound

Map

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Facts

Overview: Five-span open-spandrel arch bridge over Lake Taneycomo (White River) on MO 76/Business US 65 at Branson
Location: Taney County, Missouri
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1931 by Fred Luttjohann, replacing an earlier truss bridge
Builder: - Fred Luttjohann of Topeka, Kansas
Design: Open-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 194.8 ft.
Total length: 1,086.7 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.63569, -93.21433 (decimal degrees)
36°38'08" N, 93°12'52" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: T. 22 N., R. 21 W., Sec. 4
Inventory numbers: MoDOT J-705 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 5492 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22733 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2005): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 6.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004): 18,591

Update Log

July 6, 2005: Posted photos from David Backlin

Sources

David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net

Comments

Lake Taneycomo Bridge

Posted September 10, 2007, by KB in Arkansas (kb [at] aol [dot] com)

TEAR THAT BRIDGE DOWN. IT'S A DEATH TRAP.

Lake Taneycomo Bridge

Posted September 8, 2007, by JO AKA bridge freak

I think this is a wonderful example of an open spandrel bridge! We have one just like it in minneapolis[10th ave bridge] right next to 35w. It was given a rating of 7!!! Thanx for the pic!!!

Lake Taneycomo Bridge

Posted August 22, 2007, by roger (rl [dot] 1 [at] mail [dot] com)

NOW TELL PEOPLE HOW DANGERAS THIS BRIDGE IS

FEDERAL (RATES IT AS 3) This means it real poor in safty