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US-40 Salt Creek Bridge

Howard County, Missouri

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Photo taken by James Baughn in July 2008

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Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Salt Creek and the Katy Trail on US 40
Location
Howard County, Missouri
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1941
Builder
- Otto W. Knutson of Kansas City, Missouri (Contractor)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 578.1 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.99225, -92.61643   (decimal degrees)
38°59'32" N, 92°36'59" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/533217/4315986 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Rocheport
Land survey
T. 49 N., R. 15 W., Sec. 33
Inventory numbers
MoDOT K-936 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 5999 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 36858 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2015)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 37.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
1,738

Categories 

Built 1941 (400)
Built during 1940s (3,549)
Concrete balustrade (667)
Curved (358)
Deck girder (4,462)
Girder (7,878)
Have street view (21,918)
Howard County, Missouri (60)
Katy Trail (46)
 Missouri (5,919)
Open (36,427)
Otto W. Knutson (6)
Owned by state (13,581)
Plate girder (6,061)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,008)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,519)
US 40 (124)

Update Log 

  • June 15, 2016: New Street View added by Kelly McClanahan
  • August 9, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Removed category "Railroad" - Confused with another bridge of similar look
  • August 3, 2012: Updated by Clark Vance: Location adjustment
  • August 1, 2012: New photos from James McCray
  • July 21, 2008: New photos from James Baughn
  • July 12, 2008: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • Missouri Historic Bridge Inventory
  • Kelly McClanahan
  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
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US-40 Salt Creek Bridge
Posted June 15, 2016, by Kelly McClanahan

I did some checking in the "old" bridge here. According to the old quad map, 40 Highway was four lane, the "old" road (which most likely was the old road in the first place) was east bound lanes, and the current bridge was the west bound. At some point, most likely after I-70 was built, US was reduced to a two lane highway at that point.