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Overview: Lost swinging bridge over Lamine River on Swinging Bridge Drive
Location: Cooper County, Missouri
Status: Replaced by a modern concrete bridge
History: Built 1929 by Joseph Dice; replaced 1994
Builder: - Joseph Dice
Design: Wire suspension
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 210.0 ft.
Total length: 368.1 ft.
Deck width: 10.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.82887, -93.03610 (decimal degrees)
38°49'44" N, 93°02'10" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/496866/4297786 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 47 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 20
USGS topographic map: Clifton City
Inventory numbers: MO 027-223000.4 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
BH 21349 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/1990): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 14.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1988): 100