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Photo taken by James Baughn

Overview: Three-span open-spandrel arch bridge over Big Piney River on Route Z (Old US 66)
Location: Pulaski County, Missouri
Status: Open to traffic on a four-lane divided highway with vintage pavement but no posted weight limits
History: Built 1942
Builder: - Maxwell Construction Co. (Contractor)
Design: Open-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 165.0 ft.
Total length: 638.0 ft.
Deck width: 58.0 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.85005, -92.07145 (decimal degrees)
37°51'00" N, 92°04'17" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/581691/4189583 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 36 N., R. 10 W., Sec. 18
USGS topographic map: Devils Elbow
Inventory numbers: MoDOT L-35 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 6047 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22367 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2011): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 62.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011): 342

Devils Elbow Arch Bridge

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

Floated to this bridge yesterday