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Overview: Closed through truss bridge over Big Piney River on Mason Road (Old MO 32) west of Licking
Location: Texas County, Missouri
Status: Closed to all traffic
History: Built 1926 by the Concrete & Steel Construction Co.
Builder: - Concrete & Steel Construction Co. of Joplin, Missouri
Design: Pin-connected, 8-panel Parker through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 151.9 ft.
Total length: 271.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.50640, -91.98367 (decimal degrees)
37°30'23" N, 91°59'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/589826/4151536 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 32 N., R. 10 W., Sec. 1
USGS topographic map: Beulah
Inventory numbers: MONBI 24624 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22741 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2006): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 17.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 50

Mason Bridge

Posted January 3, 2008, by Greg Hall (cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com)

Don't know when it was closed, but judging from the grass on the sides of the approach, it has been a while.

GPS N37 30.293, W091 59.023

Date of photo's 12/31/07

1- Looking North

2- Plaque

3- Looking South

4- Sign located on North side of river

5- Looking South/West

6- Paint date-possible last maintenance?

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