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Buffalo Ditch Route Y Bridge

Dunklin County, Missouri
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Photos 

Photo taken by Ben Tate in August 2011

Map 

View Uglybridges.com report

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Buffalo Ditch on Route Y (Old MO 25) between Kennett and Caruth
Location
Dunklin County, Missouri
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1922
Design
Riveted Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 65.9 ft.
Deck width: 22.6 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.16741, -90.07348   (decimal degrees)
36°10'03" N, 90°04'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/763236/4006486 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 18 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 27
USGS topographic map
Kennett South
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

Categories 

Built 1922 (464)
Built during 1920s (7,033)
Dunklin County, Missouri (13)
Missouri (4,527)
Open (28,320)
Owned by state (9,810)
Pony truss (13,217)
 Skewed (4,080)
Span length 50-75 feet (6,996)
Structurally deficient (16,683)
Total length 50-75 feet (6,897)
Truss (23,575)
Warren pony truss (1,987)
Warren truss (3,961)

Update Log 

  • August 19, 2011: New photos from Ben Tate

Sources 

  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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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.