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Sni-A-Bar Creek Bridge

Lafayette County, Missouri

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East end

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Lower joint

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Sni-A-Bar Creek on MO 224 (Old US 24) at Wellington
Location
Lafayette County, Missouri
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
Scheduled for replacement
History
Built 1929
Design
Main span: Riveted, 10-panel Parker through truss
East approach: Riveted Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 200.7 ft.
Total length: 331.9 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.13368, -93.97455   (decimal degrees)
39°08'01" N, 93°58'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey
T. 50 N., R. 28 W., Sec. 15
Inventory numbers
MoDOT J-25R (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 5220 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21844 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2006)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 39.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
786

Categories 

10-panel truss (47)
Built 1929 (462)
Built during 1920s (4,026)
Doomed (78)
Lafayette County, Missouri (17)
Missouri (2,356)
Open (21,602)
Owned by state (6,539)
Parker truss (413)
Riveted (355)
Span length 175-250 feet (995)
Structurally deficient (10,797)
Through truss (5,238)
Total length 250-500 feet (2,096)
Truss (15,783)
US 24 (28)

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Sni-A-Bar Creek Bridge
Posted July 7, 2008, by Greg Hall (cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com)

Taken 7/5/08

Photo 1 (39) with barrels attached to bridge-looking East

Photo 2 (40) Looking North/East

Photo 3 (42) One area of damage/Eastbound side

Photo 4 (45) Looking South/West

Photo 5 (54) More damage on Westbound side

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Sni-A-Bar Creek Bridge
Posted November 15, 2007, by Eric (e [dot] kinkhorst [at] centurytel [dot] net)

This bridge is in really sad shape. As of today, they have put orange barrels along the rails because the curbing is gone and all the rebar is visible. Just to the north you can see an old bridge abutment for the Union Pacific railroad.

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