Jefferson City Bridge
Photos
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View from southeast |
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View from south |
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View of bridge and the Capitol |
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View from outside of the Capitol |
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Looking south from overpass |
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Both bridges |
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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. |
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
- Design
- Steel through arch
- 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 11/2006)
- 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 2006)
- 23,310