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South portal

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South approach

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North portal

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North approach

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Truss

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Barricade

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Behind north portal

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Center joint

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Endpost

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Expansion joint

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Fallen railing

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Hip joint

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Looking upstream

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Old highway

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Overhead bracing

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View from a distance

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over Big River on Old US 67 (Berry Road) north of Bonne Terre
Location: St. Francois County, Missouri
Status: Closed to traffic
History: Built 1924; made obsolete by new bridge in 1956
Design: Riveted, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 120.0 ft.
Total length: 462.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.95505, -90.55345 (decimal degrees)
37°57'18" N, 90°33'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: T. 37 N., R. 4 E., Sec. 2
Inventory numbers: MO 094-270006.1 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 20689 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22606 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2005): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 48.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 100

Update Log

June 4, 2008: New photos from James Baughn

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North Big River Bridge

Posted April 13, 2008, by Alan Chapman (alan-chapman [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

I was at this bridge in the first part of April(2008) and it was blocked at the south approach.

North Big River Bridge

Posted September 3, 2007, by tina kester (mathlovertk2 [at] aol [dot] com)

how was this bridge made obsolete?? taking berry road north from bonne terre to access side roads such as primrose and silver springs road, is much safer than taking 67 norh and crossing over the highway,playing chicken with the on coming cars. i beleive that this bridge should be maintained and safe at all times ,and not thought as an unused road because to those who want to be safe like to think that the option will always be avaible. i could understand closing the bridge only if our highway 67 was a proper highway and had safe on and off ramps.

North Big River Bridge

Posted August 21, 2007, by Donny

It sucks and needs to be fixed