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View from southeast

Photo taken by James Baughn

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View from south

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View of bridge and the Capitol

Photo taken by James Baughn

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View from outside of the Capitol

Photo taken by James Baughn

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Looking south from overpass

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Both bridges

Photo taken by James Baughn

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Both bridges looking north

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South end

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North portal from below

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Northern approach southbound bridge

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North portal

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South portal

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Close-up of top of arch

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Close-up of pier

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Underneath looking south

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Joint above a pier

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Lower chord joint

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Aerial photo postcard

This postcard shows the first bridge soon after it was built.

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pair of steel through arch bridges over the Missouri River at Jefferson City on US 54/63 in Jefferson City
Status
Open to traffic on a multi-lane freeway
History
Original southbound bridge opened August 1955; new northbound bridge added 1991
Builder
- Sverdrup and Parcel
Design
Steel through arch. 1953 bridge designed by Sverdrup and Parcel of St. Louis Missouri
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 595.6 ft.
Total length: 3,124.2 ft.
Deck width: 46.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.58767, -92.17880   (decimal degrees)
38°35'16" N, 92°10'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/571520/4271341 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 44 N., R. 11 W., Sec. 7
USGS topographic map
Jefferson City
Inventory numbers
MoDOT L-550R2 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 6345 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21322 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2008)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 55.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
25,186

Update Log 

  • March 16, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added Sverdrup and Parcel engineers to bridge design description.
  • April 27, 2008: Updated by Max Johnson
  • April 25, 2008: Updated by Max Johnson
  • August 6, 2005: Posted additional photos

Comments 

Jefferson City Bridge
Posted February 20, 2010, by Clark Hodges (chodges48 [at] tampabay [dot] rr [dot] com)

This is the bridge that is featured in the Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis movie "Hollywood or Bust". After they cross the Mississippi into Missouri at St. Louis on the Hwy. 40 bridge, the film continues with a shot of them going across the Missouri River on this bridge (the 1st one) at Jefferson City, Missouri.

Jefferson City Bridge
Posted May 6, 2008, by David B. Haun (dbhaun [at] gmail [dot] com)

Jefferson City Bridge Southbound Span

Jefferson City Bridge
Posted April 27, 2008, by David B. Haun (dbhaun [at] gmail [dot] com)

You put it in us 64 instead of us 63 category please correct it.

Thank you,

David B. Haun

Jefferson City Bridge
Posted March 25, 2008, by David B. Haun (dbhaun [at] gmail [dot] com)

Add category US 63 to Jefferson City Bridge.