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Buffalo Road Bridge

Ray County, Missouri

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Overview

Facing north from the levee

Photo taken by John Kritos in September 2008

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BH Photo #125102

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Crooked River on Buffalo Road
Location
Ray County, Missouri
Status
Open to traffic with a 3 ton weight limit
History
Built 1908 by the Kansas City Bridge Co.
Builder
- Kansas City Bridge Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
Design
Pin-connected 7 panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 119.0 ft.
Total length: 159.0 ft.
Deck width: 11.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.25795, -93.85627   (decimal degrees)
39°15'29" N, 93°51'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/432969/4343142 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hardin
Land survey
T. 51 N., R. 26 W., Sec. 6
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
10
Inventory numbers
MO 089-289001.3 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 21103 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22423 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of May 2015)
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: 18.9 (out of 100)
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Categories 

7-panel truss (354)
Built 1908 (649)
Built during 1900s (6,600)
Crooked River (Missouri) (3)
Kansas City Bridge Co. (127)
Missouri (6,061)
One-lane traffic (7,522)
Open (37,856)
Owned by county (19,362)
Pin-connected (3,631)
 Pratt through truss (4,762)
Pratt truss (8,301)
Ray County, Missouri (69)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,153)
Structurally deficient (17,566)
Through truss (13,489)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,486)
Truss (30,384)
Wooden deck (5,932)

Update Log 

  • November 11, 2018: New photos from Neil Krout
  • May 31, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • March 30, 2009: Updated by John Kritos
  • September 25, 2008: New photos from John Kritos

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Buffalo Road Bridge
Posted November 11, 2018, by Neil Krout (kickinpony [dot] 66 [at] gmail [dot] com)

As of 11/11/2018 bridge is closed. There is a large snag of logs on the West side of the bridge. I didn't venture out onto the bridge to see if it was damaged or not.