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Oblique view

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Main span

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North portal

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South portal

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Side view of portal

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South approach

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Underneath

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Deck view

These black-and-white photos were taken March 1987 by Ed Brummet for the Historic American Engineering Record. The bridge still had a wooden deck before its rehabilitation in 1989.
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Side view

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Overview
Through truss bridge over the railroad tracks on Washington Street in Sedalia, three blocks east of MO 765
Location
Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1910-11 by the Midland Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1989
Builder
- Midland Bridge Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
Design
Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 115.1 ft.
Total length: 319.8 ft.
Deck width: 16.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.71063, -93.22400   (decimal degrees)
38°42'38" N, 93°13'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey
T. 45 N., R. 21 W., Sec. 5
Inventory numbers
MONBI 23167 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22306 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2006)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 49.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
500

Categories 

7-panel truss (92)
Built 1911 (289)
Built during 1910s (3,549)
Functionally obsolete (5,033)
HAER documented (282)
Midland Bridge Co. (8)
Missouri (2,325)
Open (21,541)
Owned by county (14,113)
Pettis County, Missouri (27)
Pin-connected (413)
Pratt truss (1,381)
Sedalia, Missouri (2)
Span length 100-125 feet (2,247)
Through truss (5,175)
Total length 250-500 feet (2,074)
Truss (15,706)
Union Pacific Railroad (69)

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