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Jowler Creek Road Bridge

Platte County, Missouri

Photos 

Looking East

Photo taken by Joshua Collins in November 2009

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BH Photo #149674

Map 

Description 

A new bridge has been built, more than likely to safely handle traffic to Jowler Creek winery. It also appears that the original bridge has been moved into a field, just West of the location, on the South side of the road.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pony truss bridge over Jowler Creek on Jowler Creek Road
Location
Platte County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built ca. 1930
Design
Riveted, 3-panel Queenpost 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)
Quadrangle map:
Tracy
Land survey
T. 53 N., R. 34 W., Sec. 6
Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
110
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 report (as of April 2012)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 41.6 (out of 100)
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Categories 

3-panel truss (131)
Built during 1930s (11,749)
Lost (24,738)
Missouri (6,302)
One-lane traffic (7,606)
Owned by county (20,783)
Platte County, Missouri (61)
Pony truss (16,184)
 Queenpost truss (268)
Replaced by new bridge (16,580)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,668)
Structurally deficient (14,198)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,193)
Truss (32,788)
Two-angle steel (45)

Update Log 

  • November 29, 2015: New photos from Neil Krout
  • 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 - mfrazier404 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Neil Krout - kickinpony [dot] 66 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Jowler Creek Road Bridge
Posted February 9, 2015, by Red (red [at] red [dot] com)

This bridge has been replaced as of Summer of 2014.

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 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?