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from a distance

photo taken by MoDOT in early 2000.

Photo taken by MoDOT in January 2000

Overview: Lost two-span rigid-frame concrete bridge over Interstate 255 on Missouri State Highway 231 (Telegraph Road)
Location: St. Louis County, Missouri
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1947; replaced 2008
Design: Rigid frame
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 63.0 ft.
Total length: 220.2 ft.
Deck width: 51.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.49500, -90.30000 (decimal degrees)
38°29'42" N, 90°17'60" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/735470/4264193 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 43 N., R. 6 E., Sec. 1
USGS topographic map: Oakville
Inventory numbers: MoDOT L-53R1 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 11327 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 42688 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2006): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 87.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 5,707

April 1, 2013: New photos from Karen Daniels
March 14, 2011: Updated by Kim Harvey: added a photo taken by MoDOT, chanaged name to Telegraph Road Overpass
June 7, 2009: Updated by Justin Zeid: Bridge has been replaced
June 4, 2009: Added by James Baughn