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Big Blue River Bridge

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East side looking south

Photo taken by Clark Vance in July 2011

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Overview
Concrete tee beam bridge over Big Blue River on Metcalf V.0-5.5
Location
Johnson County, Kansas
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1960
Design
Concrete tee beam
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 84.0 ft.
Total length: 206.0 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
Also called
Metcalf bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.81610, -94.66638   (decimal degrees)
38°48'58" N, 94°39'59" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/355327/4297688 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Stilwell
Inventory numbers
KS 000000000460420 (Kansas local bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 49147 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2011)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 57.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
5,346

Categories 

Beam (6,048)
Built 1960 (171)
Built during 1960s (1,216)
Concrete tee beam (1,080)
Continuous (899)
Johnson County, Kansas (25)
Kansas (2,280)
Open (28,314)
Owned by county (16,489)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,718)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,789)

Update Log 

  • July 20, 2011: Added by Clark Vance

Sources 

  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com