US61 Buckeye Creek Bridge

Photos

Overview

Photo taken by James Baughn

BH Photo #104419

Overview: Lost pony truss bridge over Buckeye Creek on US 61
Location: Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1922; replaced April 2010
Builder: - Linus Penzel
Design: Riveted, 5-panel Pratt pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 49.9 ft.
Total length: 54.1 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.54699, -89.68658 (decimal degrees)
37°32'49" N, 89°41'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/262659/4158946 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Oak Ridge
Land survey: T. 33 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 14
Average daily traffic (as of 2009): 1,278
Inventory numbers: MoDOT G-29 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 4560 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21083 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of December 2009): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 14.8 (out of 100)
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Buckeye Creek US 61 Bridge

Posted January 11, 2010, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

This bridge will be gone by the spring: