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Honey Cypress Route N Bridge

Dunklin County, Missouri

Photos 

Photo taken by Ben Tate in August 2011

BH Photo #209521

Map 

View Uglybridges.com report

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss on Route N (at one time MO 25) over Honey Cypress Ditch just east of US 412
Location
Dunklin County, Missouri
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
MoDOT will accept proposals for reuse until March 30, 2017.
History
Built 1922; rehabilitated and widened in 1931
Builders
- O.O. Fuller of Nevada, Missouri (1931 rehabilitation)
- Service Construction Co. of Poplar Bluff, Missouri (contractor)
- Vincennes Bridge Co. of Vincennes, Indiana (fabricator)
Design
Riveted Warren pony truss with alternating verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 83.6 ft.
Total length: 84.0 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.09078, -90.20532   (decimal degrees)
36°05'27" N, 90°12'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/751619/3997633 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Arbyrd
Land survey
T. 17 N., R. 8 E., Sec. 21
Inventory numbers
MoDOT F-963R (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 4519 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21471 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2016)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 37.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
648

Categories 

Available for reuse (226)
Built 1922 (609)
Built during 1920s (8,729)
Dunklin County, Missouri (44)
Missouri (5,912)
Missouri Pre-1952 State Highway Pony Truss (51)
O.O. Fuller (2)
One-lane traffic (7,420)
Open (36,417)
Owned by state (13,580)
Pony truss (15,024)
 Riveted (1,871)
Service Construction Co. (2)
Span length 75-100 feet (5,763)
Structurally deficient (18,360)
Total length 75-100 feet (5,901)
Truss (29,377)
Vincennes Bridge Co. (95)
Warren pony truss (2,929)
Warren pony truss with alternating verticals (494)
Warren truss (5,742)
Widened (17)

Update Log 

  • August 19, 2011: New photos from Ben Tate

Sources 

  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Honey Cypress Route N Bridge
Posted August 23, 2011, by Nathan Holth

According to the bridge inspection report for this bridge this structure was one of several truss bridges in this county to be widened and redecked in 1931.