South Kingshighway Viaduct
Facts
- Overview
- Deck girder bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad on South Kingshighway Boulevard (formerly U. S. Highway 67), just south of Interstate 44.
- Location
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Status
- Open to six lanes of traffic with a 20-ton weight limit, and in poor condition
- Future prospects
- Scheduled for replacement in 2013.
- History
- Built in 1936 by the Missouri State Highway Department
- Design
- Deck girder (main span) with concrete tee beam approaches
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 98.1 ft.
Total length: 740.2 ft.
Deck width: 60.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.61558, -90.26709 (decimal degrees)
38°36'56" N, 90°16'02" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/737942/4277661 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 45 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 30
- USGS topographic map
- Webster Groves
- Inventory numbers
- MONBI 12880 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 37443 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 03/2011)
- Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 2.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
- 34,158
Update Log
- December 10, 2011: Updated by Mark Dellbringge: Updated future prospects, bridge replacement moved back to 2013. Story aired in KMOV-TV 4.
- August 19, 2011: New photos from Mark Dellbringge
- July 28, 2011: Updated by Mark Dellbringge: Modified overview, removed description
- September 7, 2010: New photos from Mark Dellbringge
- November 13, 2008: New photos from James Baughn
- September 18, 2008: Added by James Baughn
Comments
It made the news last night
http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Drivers-call-Kingshighway-Bridge-unsafe-135063388.html
A new article about the replacement of this bridge:
This is the route my dad takes from his doctor and he hates this viaduct/overpass. He says he feels the bumps all the way over it.
This bridge is in terrible shape. It has a 20-ton weight limit. A lot of the rebar is visible on the curbs. Despite this, heavy vehicles like MetroBus and school buses continue to use it daily.
New bridges are initially given a rating of "9". As bridges age and deteriorate, this rating goes down. Before "The New I-64" project started, half of the bridges in the project corridor were rated a 4 or a 3; when they get to Level 2, they are closed. The Kingshighway bridge is currently at Level 3. If it is closed and not replaced soon, a vital link between the hospitals/I-44/I-64 and communities in South St. Louis will be severed.
Mr. Dellbringge,
The replacement viaduct is currently in the design phase. It could be [and probably will be] years before construction. North Tucker Bridge and Grand Blvd. over Mill Creek Railyard are the next structures to be replaced by the City of St. Louis. There are also repairs scheduled in the interim for the Compton Avenue Viaduct over Mill Creek Railyard.
Once "The New I-64" project is complete, this bridge will be torn down and replaced.
I believe that this viaduct is eventually scheduled to be replaced.
This bridge has a weight limit of 20 tons. Trucks approaching this bridge from the south must take a signed detour route instead.
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