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Big River Bridge Bridge Support Photo taken by John Christeson in May 2008 |
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Big River Bridge Deck View Photo taken by John Christeson in May 2008 |
Facts
- Overview
- Steel stringer bridge over Big River on Mo 8 E
- Location
- St. Francois County, Missouri
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Future prospects
- Scheduled for replacement 2009
- History
- Built 1960
- Design
- Steel stringer
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 114.8 ft.
Total length: 417.0 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.87000, -90.64333 (decimal degrees)
37°52'12" N, 90°38'36" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/707288/4194009 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 36 N., R. 4 E., Sec. 6
- USGS topographic map
- Irondale
- Inventory number
- BH 36634 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 11/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 42.6 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 6,268
Update Log
- January 20, 2009: Updated by David Backlin: Scheduled for replacement
- May 23, 2008: New photos from John Christeson
- May 19, 2008: Added by John Christeson
Sources
- John Christeson - john_christeson [at] yahoo [dot] com
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net