Menefee Ford Bridge

Photos

Overview

Photo taken by James Baughn in September 2009

BH Photo #146931

Overview: Pony truss bridge over Lick Creek on Indiana Lane south of Perry
Location: Ralls County, Missouri
Status: Open to traffic
Future prospects: Available for reuse
History: Built 1911 by Stupp Brothers
Builder: - Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri
Design: Pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 85.0 ft.
Total length: 127.0 ft.
Deck width: 11.8 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.41152, -91.67897 (decimal degrees)
39°24'41" N, 91°40'44" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/613781/4363294 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Perry
Land survey: T. 53 N., R. 7 W., Sec. 3
Average daily traffic (as of 2016): 15
Inventory numbers: MO 087-202002.0 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 18869 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22409 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2016): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 21.6 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

December 21, 2017: New photos from K. Allen Ballard
December 27, 2014: Updated by K. Allen Ballard: Bridge is scheduled for replacement, at one time the County was offering it to anyone who would like to relocate it. Don't know if that us still the case or not.
August 22, 2011: New photos from Ben Tate
October 3, 2009: New photos from James Baughn

Menefee Ford Bridge

Posted August 4, 2015, by Karen Daniels (karen [dot] daniels [at] modot [dot] mo [dot] gov)

Contact the County Commission and the County Roads/Highway Department--they can tell you if they would still accept proposals to reuse the bridge.

Menefee Ford Bridge

Posted August 1, 2015, by Kim or Ed (steveede [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

We are interested in purchasing a bridge how do i find out if this bridge is still available?