Three Arches Bridge

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Three Arches Bridge, North side, downstream

Photo taken by K. Allen Ballard in December 31, 2015

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BH Photo #344799

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Description

Probably replaced a wooden trestle. The ICC, Interstate Commission always gave poor audit reports for wood trestle structures due to difficulty and expense in maintaining them. A lot of 'Short Line' bridges were replace with steel decks & concrete pilings about 1910-25.

Facts

Overview: Three-span concrete encased stone arch bridge over Little Peno Creek on CR 49
Location: Pike County, Missouri
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1900
Railroads: - Rail-to-road
- St. Louis & Hannibal Railroad (StL&H)
Design: Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 16.1 ft.
Total length: 65.0 ft.
Deck width: 51.8 ft.
Also called: StL&H - Little Peno Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.47250, -91.31581 (decimal degrees)
39°28'21" N, 91°18'57" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/644865/4370566 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Frankford
Land survey: T. 54 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 11
Elevation: 560 ft. above sea level
Average daily traffic (as of 2016): 60
Inventory numbers: MONBI 13112 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
MONBI 13112 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
MO 082-029001.5 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
BH 22333 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2016): Overall condition: Fair
Sufficiency rating: 43.9 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Update Log

June 28, 2016: New photos from John Marvig
June 24, 2016: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
December 31, 2015: Updated by K. Allen Ballard: Add new photo; update history/description and categories
November 19, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "St. Louis & Hannibal Railroad", "Railroad"
October 18, 2010: Updated by Jamie Forbes: Added elevation @ 560'
October 3, 2009: New photo from James Baughn

Sources

Missouri Historic Bridge Inventory
James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
Jamie Forbes - jwforbes87 [at] gmail [dot] com
K. Allen Ballard - speedeeprint [at] gmail [dot] com
John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com