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Buffalo Ditch Route Y Bridge

Dunklin County, Missouri

Photos 

Photo taken by Ben Tate in August 2011

BH Photo #209536

Map 

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

Categories 

Built 1922 (609)
Built during 1920s (8,727)
Dunklin County, Missouri (44)
Lost (18,576)
Lost 2013 (250)
Lost during 2010s (1,960)
Missouri (5,912)
Missouri Pre-1952 State Highway Pony Truss (51)
Owned by state (13,572)
Pony truss (15,022)
 Replaced by new bridge (12,298)
Skewed (4,669)
Span length 50-75 feet (8,856)
Structurally deficient (18,357)
Total length 50-75 feet (8,410)
Truss (29,372)
Warren pony truss (2,929)
Warren pony truss with alternating verticals (494)
Warren truss (5,741)

Update Log 

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

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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.