Turney Bridge

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Turney Bridge

Photo taken by Chris Gonnerman in July 2013

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

BH Photo #261105

Overview: Bedstead pony truss bridge over Thomas Creek on CR 453
Location: Shelby County, Missouri
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1907 by the Pan-American Bridge Co.
Design: Riveted, 2-panel double-intersection Warren bedstead pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 27.9 ft.
Total length: 28.8 ft.
Deck width: 10.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.70299, -91.97659 (decimal degrees)
39°42'11" N, 91°58'36" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/587736/4395293 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Lakenan
Land survey: T. 57 N., R. 10 W., Sec. 36
Average daily traffic (as of 2016): 15
Inventory numbers: MO 102-307000.5 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 21452 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22564 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2016): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 18.9 (out of 100)
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Turney Bridge

Posted July 1, 2016, by K. Allen Ballard (speedeeprint [at] gmail [dot] com)

Visited here July 15th, just before a visit to my dentist in Shelbina. More detail pics to follow.