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Deck view looking west

Photo taken by Mark Dellbringge in September 2010

Overview: Skewed steel stringer bridge over the MetroLink on Forest Park Parkway in St. Louis
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Status: Open to four lanes of traffic
History: Built 1959
Design: Skewed steel stringer
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 57.1 ft.
Total length: 151.9 ft.
Deck width: 53.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.64001, -90.26700 (decimal degrees)
38°38'24" N, 90°16'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/737869/4280373 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 45 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 18
USGS topographic map: Clayton
Inventory numbers: MONBI 12947 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 46175 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2011): Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 47.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011): 29,920