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Jowler Creek Road Bridge

Platte County, Missouri
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Looking East

Photo taken by Joshua Collins in November 2009

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Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Jowler Creek on Jowler Creek Road
Location
Platte County, Missouri
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built ca. 1930
Design
Riveted, 3-panel Pratt pony truss with two-angle steel
Dimensions
Span length: 49.8 ft.
Total length: 49.8 ft.
Deck width: 17.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.43398, -94.75434   (decimal degrees)
39°26'02" N, 94°45'16" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/349016/4366406 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 53 N., R. 34 W., Sec. 6
USGS topographic map
Tracy
Inventory numbers
MO 083-137001.2 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 16941 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22344 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2010)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 41.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
110

Categories 

3-panel truss (110)
Built during 1930s (8,551)
Functionally obsolete (7,040)
Missouri (4,528)
One-lane traffic (7,112)
Open (28,320)
Owned by county (16,492)
Platte County, Missouri (46)
 Pony truss (13,217)
Pratt pony truss (2,342)
Pratt truss (5,660)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,056)
Total length 25-50 feet (7,629)
Truss (23,575)
Two-angle steel (18)

Update Log 

  • September 9, 2012: New photos from Mark Frazier
  • November 22, 2009: New photos from Joshua Collins

Sources 

  • Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com
  • Mark Frazier - mfrazier [at] kc [dot] rr [dot] com
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Jowler Creek Road Bridge
Posted June 25, 2012, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

They might turn ownership over to you...on the grounds that you pay to have it moved. I doubt they would do it for you...but you can ask.

Jowler Creek Road Bridge
Posted June 25, 2012, by James McCray (jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Due to the smallness of the bridge, go to the county office and request that they relocate the truss of the bridge onto your property. See if they will turn over ownership of the bridge to you. A lot of counties will turn over small truss bridges to private owners (especially farmers) to get them off their hands. However, it is up to you as to what you do with the bridge.

Jowler Creek Road Bridge
Posted June 25, 2012, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

I don't think that there is much you could do, if you want to save the bridge you could inform them that you'd be willing to take it off their hands.

Jowler Creek Road Bridge
Posted June 25, 2012, by Lonnie Shanks (lshanks [at] tevisarchitects [dot] com)

Hey everyone or anyone,

I own the property adjacent to this bridge. The county has alerted me that they are planning on replacing this bridge. Is there anything I can do to stop this?