Lake St. Louis Bridge

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Photo taken by James Baughn

Overview: Pony truss bridge over Lake St. Louis (Peruque Creek) on Civic Center Drive (Old US 40/61)
Location: St. Charles County, Missouri
Status: Open to two lanes of traffic
History: Built 1935; parallel bridge built 1968; bypassed 2009
Builder: - F.T. O'Dell of Hannibal, Missouri (Contractor)
Design: Polygonal Warren pony truss with alternating verticals
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 102.0 ft.
Total length: 229.9 ft.
Deck width: 32.1 ft.
Also called: Old US61 Lake St. Louis Bridge
Old US40 Lake St. Louis Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.78675, -90.80343 (decimal degrees)
38°47'12" N, 90°48'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/690784/4295403 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Wentzville
Land survey: T. 47 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 33
Inventory numbers: MoDOT J-991R (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 5616 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22575 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2014): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 71.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2015): 1,357

April 16, 2017: New photo from Daniel Barnes
January 14, 2015: New photos from James McCray
May 3, 2010: Updated by James Baughn: Bridge has been rehabilitated and now carries a frontage road
September 8, 2009: New photos from James Baughn
June 6, 2005: Posted new photos