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Looking West

This was the scene on October 10.

Photo taken by Joshua Collins in October 2009

Overview: Lost pony plate girder bridge over Bear Creek on MO 45
Location: Platte County, Missouri
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1936; replaced 2009
Builder: - Mike Haase (Contractor)
Design: Pony/through plate girder
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 167.0 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Skew angle: 35 degrees
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.43714, -94.93193 (decimal degrees)
39°26'14" N, 94°55'55" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/333738/4367069 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 53 N., R. 36 W., Sec. 3
USGS topographic map: Weston
Inventory numbers: MONBI 5838 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
MoDOT K-491 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 42848 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2009): Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 2.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008): 6,978