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Little Flora Creek Bridge

Photos 

Overview

Photo taken by James Baughn

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BH Photo #104601

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Little Flora Creek on CR 635 southwest of Egypt Mills
Location
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built ca. 1925
Design
Riveted, 4-panel Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 62.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.38362, -89.50178   (decimal degrees)
37°23'01" N, 89°30'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/278505/4140367 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Cape Girardeau NE
Land survey
T. 31 N., R. 14 E., Sec. 4
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
130
Inventory numbers
MONBI 15035 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21109 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of January 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 25.4 (out of 100)
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Categories 

4-panel truss (393)
Built during 1920s (10,471)
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri (88)
Missouri (6,605)
Open (41,560)
Pony truss (17,628)
Pratt pony truss (4,158)
Pratt truss (10,914)
Riveted (2,821)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,710)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,928)
Truss (38,697)

Update Log 

  • April 21, 2020: New photo from John Christeson

Sources 

  • John Christeson - john_christeson [at] yahoo [dot] com