Jefferson City Bridge
Photos
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View from southeast Photo taken by James Baughn |
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View from south Photo taken by James Baughn |
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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 Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Both bridges Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Both bridges looking north Photo taken by James Baughn |
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South end Photo taken by James Baughn |
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North portal from below Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Northern approach southbound bridge Photo taken by James Baughn |
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North portal Photo taken by James Baughn |
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South portal Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Close-up of top of arch Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Close-up of pier Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Underneath looking south Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Joint above a pier Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Lower chord joint Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Aerial photo postcard This postcard shows the first bridge soon after it was built. |
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
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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
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 Southbound Span
You put it in us 64 instead of us 63 category please correct it.
Thank you,
David B. Haun
Add category US 63 to Jefferson City Bridge.