Photos
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Overview |
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Deck view |
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Close-up of truss |
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Running boards |
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Upper joint |
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Lower joint |
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Underneath |
Facts
- Overview
- Pony truss bridge over Rivaux Creek on CR 4038
- Location
- Callaway County, Missouri
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built ca. 1910
- Design
- Pin-connected, 4-panel Pratt pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 65.9 ft.
Total length: 84.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.57284, -92.06042 (decimal degrees)
38°34'22" N, 92°03'38" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/581847/4269794 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 44 N., R. 10 W., Sec. 21
- USGS topographic map
- Osage City
- Inventory numbers
- MO 014-211002.6 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 19117 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21057 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 03/2007)
- 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: 20.9 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
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Comments
i chuckle at myself when i look at this bridge. back when i was around 16-18 years old, me and a whole bunch of my friends would travel to this bridge from jefferson city to well...party, plain and simple. the allure of this bridge and location back when we were all that young was a little known urban legend called okeefanokee, of course there is nothing out there but farmland and wildlife, but the whole idea that something might be creeping in the weeds around us was too much to pass up! either way, me and 3 of my closest friends from those days that all still hang out and are regularly in contact have a framed 8x10 picture of this bridge. i love the fact that she is still standing and we have even tossed around the idea of having a plaque made for her and mounted out there, that may seem kinda wierd but we had such memorable times out there that i almost makes sense to us.