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Overview

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Main span

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Deck view

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Close-up of truss

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Lower joint

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East end

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West end

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Underneath

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Plaque

Missouri
Highway Dept.
Bridge No. G.852
1924
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Old piers

A concrete abutment and some piers from an even older bridge can still be seen

Map 

Vicinity Map

Vicinity map

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Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Cane Creek on Route PP (Old US 60) west of Poplar Bluff
Location
Butler County, Missouri
Status
Open to two-lane traffic
History
Built 1924
Design
Riveted, 6-panel Warren pony truss with verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 70.2 ft.
Total length: 211.9 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.79847, -90.52115   (decimal degrees)
36°47'55" N, 90°31'16" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/721159/4075383 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 25 N., R. 5 E., Sec. 21
USGS topographic map
Stringtown
Inventory numbers
MoDOT G-852 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 4769 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 20963 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2007)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 22.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
8,045

Categories 

Built 1924 (353)
Built during 1920s (4,291)
Butler County, Missouri (41)
Cane Creek (Butler County, Missouri) (4)
Functionally obsolete (5,194)
Missouri (2,485)
Open (21,921)
Owned by state (6,683)
Pony truss (9,492)
Riveted (375)
Span length 50-75 feet (4,736)
Structurally deficient (10,995)
Total length 175-250 feet (1,848)
Truss (16,098)
US 60 (40)
Warren truss (769)

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