Old US61 Ramsey Branch Bridge

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Overview

Photo taken by James Baughn

BH Photo #104695

Overview: Pony truss bridge over Ramsey Branch on Old US 61 (S. Kingshighway) in Cape Girardeau
Location: Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Status: Open to traffic on a dead-end paved road
History: Built 1928
Builders: - Illinois Steel Bridge Co. of Jacksonville, Illinois (fabricator)
- Rouse Construction Co. of Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Design: Riveted, 8-panel Warren pony truss with alternating verticals
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 80.4 ft.
Total length: 176.8 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.25983, -89.56506 (decimal degrees)
37°15'35" N, 89°33'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/272529/4126780 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Cape Girardeau
Land survey: T. 30 N., R. 13 E., Sec. 24
Average daily traffic (as of 2015): 403
Inventory numbers: MoDOT H-573 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 5040 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21120 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2015): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 42.2 (out of 100)
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