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Overview: Through truss bridge over Amite River on Westbound US 190 at Denham Springs
Status: Open to traffic
Future prospects: Scheduled for replacement in 2008
History: Built 1932
Design: Parker through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 249.9 ft.
Total length: 1,452.7 ft.
Deck width: 23.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +30.46333, -90.99000 (decimal degrees)
30°27'48" N, 90°59'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory number: BH 19061 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2006): Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 2.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 13,560

Amite River US 190 Bridge

Posted December 7, 2007, by Karen Pinsonat

This bridge is scheduled to be replaced in 2008.