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Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Grand River on Old Havana Trail (CR 469)
Location: Gentry County, Missouri
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1907 by the St. Joseph Bridge & Iron Co.; replaced 1997
Design: Camelback through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 160.1 ft.
Total length: 231.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.07667, -94.25500 (decimal degrees)
40°04'36" N, 94°15'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/392991/4437021 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 61 N., R. 30 W., Sec. 22
USGS topographic map: Berlin
Inventory numbers: MO 038-469001.0 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
BH 36125 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/1991): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 20.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1989): 35