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Overview: Wooden bridge over the Kansas City Southern Railway on Nichols Street at the William Woods University campus in Fulton
Location: Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri
Status: Open to two-lane traffic
History: Built ca. 1940
Design: Timber stringer
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 33.1 ft.
Total length: 108.9 ft.
Deck width: 21.6 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.85732, -91.94812 (decimal degrees)
38°51'26" N, 91°56'53" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/591267/4301469 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 47 N., R. 9 W., Sec. 8
USGS topographic map: Fulton
Inventory numbers: MO 014-155500.4 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 17541 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21053 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2007): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 21.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007): 1,500