Bridgehunter.com | Buffalo Ditch Route Y Bridge

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Photo taken by Ben Tate in August 2011

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Facts

Overview: Lost pony truss bridge over Buffalo Ditch on Route Y (Old MO 25) between Kennett and Caruth
Location: Dunklin County, Missouri
Status: Replaced by a culvert
History: Built 1922; replaced 2013
Design: Riveted Warren pony truss with alternating verticals
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 65.9 ft.
Deck width: 22.6 ft.
Skew angle: 45 degrees
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.16731, -90.07362 (decimal degrees)
36°10'02" N, 90°04'25" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/763224/4006474 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Kennett South
Land survey: T. 18 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 27
Inventory numbers: MoDOT F-633R1 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 4493 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21469 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2011): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 6.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011): 1,768

Update Log

May 30, 2013: Updated by David Backlin: Bridge is now Doomed
August 19, 2011: New photos from Ben Tate

Sources

Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net

Comments

Buffalo Ditch Route Y Bridge

Posted August 23, 2011, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

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.