Messmer Street Bridge

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Overview

Photo taken by James Baughn

BH Photo #107048

Overview: Concrete bridge on Messmer Street (Old US 61) over a branch of Ramsey Creek just north of Kelso
Location: Scott County, Missouri
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1919 by contractor Stanford Madden
Builder: - Stanford Madden (Contractor)
Design: Concrete deck girder
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 32.2 ft.
Total length: 33.1 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called: US61 Ramsey Branch Tributary Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.20302, -89.54641 (decimal degrees)
37°12'11" N, 89°32'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/274013/4120432 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Scott City
Land survey: T. 29 N., R. 14 E., Sec. 6
Average daily traffic (as of 2015): 35
Inventory numbers: MONBI 25567 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
MO 100-043000.5 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MoDOT F-70 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 22538 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of January 2017): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 72.8 (out of 100)
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Messmer Street Bridge

Posted March 6, 2018, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

I really like the street view traveling across this one. It's like going back 75 years in time.