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Overview

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Side view from south

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View from a distance

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West portal

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North side

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Main span

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West end

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Pier

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Lower joint

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Joint from below

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Underneath

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Side view from river

These three photos, taken Oct. 2005 by Todd Baslee, show the bridge from a boat
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Underneath from river

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Approach span from river

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Older photo

This photo from Jeremy Lance shows the bridge from a few years earlier. Since then, the portal bracing on the main span has been altered and the clearance sign removed.

Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Lamine River on Route M (Old US 40) just north of I-70
Location
Cooper County, Missouri
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1924
Design
Riveted, 9-panel Parker through truss with a Warren pony truss at each end
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 181.4 ft.
Total length: 347.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.93864, -92.94548   (decimal degrees)
38°56'19" N, 92°56'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey
T. 48 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 12
Inventory numbers
MoDOT G-366 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 4610 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21355 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2005)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Not deficient
Sufficiency rating: 42.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
376

Categories 

9-panel truss (41)
Built 1924 (336)
Built during 1920s (4,005)
Cooper County, Missouri (48)
Lamine River (Missouri) (12)
Missouri (2,325)
Open (21,541)
Owned by state (6,496)
Parker truss (404)
Riveted (356)
Span length 175-250 feet (978)
Through truss (5,175)
Total length 250-500 feet (2,074)
Truss (15,706)
US 40 (97)

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Lamine River Old US 40 Bridge
Posted April 30, 2008, by Eric (e [dot] kinkhorst [at] centurytel [dot] net)

This is one of my favorite bike routes. I have been over this bridge a hundred times.

Lamine River Old US 40 Bridge
Posted March 8, 2008, by Chris Jones (milkmanchris [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This bridge is just a short detour from my route from work. I snapped a few pics during a snowfall this winter. Thanks for the great website!

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