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South end

These three photos were taken Sept. 2005 by David Backlin

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over St. Francis River (Lake Wappapello) on US 67 at Old Greenville
Location: Wayne County, Missouri
Status: Open to two-lane traffic on a major highway
Future prospects: Scheduled for replacement in 2007
History: Built ca. 1930. It replaced an earlier bridge with a 10-panel Pennsylvania through truss.
Design: Riveted, 8-panel Warren through truss with a Camelback profile
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 170.5 ft.
Total length: 850.8 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.1 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.09578, -90.45426 (decimal degrees)
37°05'45" N, 90°27'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: T. 28 N., R. 5 E., Sec. 13
Inventory numbers: MoDOT J-21R (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 5216 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22795 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2005): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 39.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004): 4,900

Update Log

October 17, 2005: Posted additional photos from David Backlin

Comments

Greenville Bridge - updated construction photos

Posted February 9, 2008, by Andy Meyer (andrew [dot] meyer [at] modot [dot] mo [dot] gov)

See attached photo of construction progress.

Greenville Bridge (Wappapello Lake Bridge) replacement

Posted September 17, 2007, by Andy Meyer (andrew [dot] meyer [at] modot [dot] mo [dot] gov)

The contract to replace the Wappapello Lake bridge was awarded March 2007 to Robertson Contractors Inc. for 9.9 million. Anticipated completion is Summer 2009.

This project J0P0931A, is part of the improvement of the Route 67 corridor to a 4-lane expressway.

The new bridge will be 85 feet wide, carrying two lanes of traffic in each direction and also a pedestrian walkway that will connect the USACE trail system at the campground, the Ozark Trail, and Greenville.

The 67 corridor improvements in Madison, Wayne, and Butler Counties is a combination of funding from MoDOT (92 million in ammendment 3 funds), the 67 Corporation in Poplar Bluff (60 million bonded through sales tax revenue), and the Army Corps of Engineers (28 million in future federal appropriations).

Greenville Bridge

Posted August 2, 2007, by Darren L. Webb (dw573 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

You have one photo of the joint that shows a missing piece of concrete adjacent to the joint it self. This chunk fell out during the spring of 1982 and MoDOT was contacted regarding this (As it fell into the water below)

Just goes to show you how good MoDOT really is, 25 years later it's to be replaced, but only in conjunction with a highway improvement program that was originally initiated by the Chamber of Commerce of Poplar Bluff some 25 miles south of said bridge.