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Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Horseshoe Creek on Old US 40, west of Bates City
Location: Lafayette County, Missouri
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1922; made obsolete by new bridge in 1951; replaced Summer 2006
Builder: - Cook-O'Brien Construction Co. (Contractor)
Design: Riveted, 5-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 142.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.01167, -94.10667 (decimal degrees)
39°00'42" N, 94°06'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/404186/4318653 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 49 N., R. 29 W., Sec. 34
USGS topographic map: Bates City
Inventory numbers: MoDOT G-387 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 4619 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21837 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2005): Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 28.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004): 1,342