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Pikes Peak Bridge

Pulaski County, Missouri
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Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Gasconade River on MO 17 north of Waynesville
Location
Pulaski County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1932; demolished Oct. 2009
Builder
- Maxwell Construction Co. (Contractor)
Design
From west to east:
Two riveted, polygonal Warren pony trusses
One riveted, 10-panel Parker through truss
Two steel stringer spans
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 200.4 ft.
Total length: 481.8 ft.
Deck width: 23.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.85131, -92.21442   (decimal degrees)
37°51'05" N, 92°12'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/569111/4189609 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 36 N., R. 12 W., Sec. 14
USGS topographic map
Waynesville
Inventory numbers
MONBI 5532 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22371 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2008)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 4.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
4,588

Categories 

10-panel truss (116)
Built 1932 (730)
Built during 1930s (8,553)
Gasconade River (12)
Have street view (9,883)
Lost (10,356)
Lost 2009 (165)
Lost during 2000s (3,090)
MO 17 (10)
Maxwell Construction Co. (10)
Missouri (4,521)
 Owned by state (9,807)
Parker through truss (947)
Parker truss (1,267)
Pulaski County, Missouri (20)
Replaced by new bridge (7,131)
Riveted (1,011)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,483)
Structurally deficient (16,677)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)
Truss (23,565)

Update Log 

  • July 20, 2012: Merged duplicate listings
  • December 3, 2011: New photo from David Backlin
  • October 20, 2009: Bridge is being demolished this week
  • January 25, 2005: Posted new photos

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Pikes Peak Bridge
Posted July 22, 2012, by Anonymous

The bridge is called the "Crocker Bridge"??? With it now a mundane concrete thing it's new name should be "Crock of Sh**"

Route 17 bridge
Posted July 21, 2012, by Anonymous (tillerman61 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Mr. Vance:

Pardon me for a stupid question, but did you drive over this bridge recently? I would have sworn MODOT replaced this bridge, but I haven't gone that way in years. I noticed the google picture said 2012 so I am confused.

Pikes Peak Bridge
Posted October 27, 2009, by Snoop (snoopdorkydork71 [at] gmail [dot] com)

New bridge is complete. One lane closed down for final demo of old bridge.

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Pikes Peak Bridge
Posted September 9, 2009, by Snoop (snoopdorkydork71 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Picture of a picture. Original photo is on display at the Frisco Depot Museum in Crocker, Missouri.

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Pikes Peak Bridge
Posted August 18, 2009, by snoop (snoopdorkydork71 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Oops. I should have said that the picture is taken looking South, not South Portal.

Pikes Peak Bridge
Posted August 18, 2009, by snoop (snoopdorkydork71 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Another recent pic of the construction. South Portal.

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Pikes Peak Bridge
Posted July 29, 2009, by Snoop (snoopdorkydork [at] rocketmail [dot] com)

Taken July 29, 2009.

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Pikes Peak Bridge
Posted July 29, 2009, by Snoop (snoopdorkydork [at] rocketmail [dot] com)

Taken July 29, 2009

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Pikes Peak Bridge
Posted July 3, 2009, by snoop (snoopdorkydork [at] rocketmail [dot] com)

This bridge will be lost soon. New bridge construction of the two "flood" spans are in full swing now. The project is slated to be fully completed Fall 2009.

Pikes Peak Bridge
Posted May 16, 2008, by mike (centmo3088 [at] live [dot] com)

MoDot has this bridge in the planning stages to be replaced in the next few years. They are discussing the option of closing the road to traffic during construction to save costs. New bridge is needed but the locals aren't happy about this plan. Detour would be several miles.

Pikes Peak Bridge
Posted May 30, 2006, by Lepard (lepard [at] pulaskicountyweb [dot] com)

Locals call it Crocker bridge.