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Overview: Four-span through truss bridge over the Meramec River on Gravois Road (Old MO 30) at Fenton in Sunset Hills
Location: St. Louis County, Missouri
Status: Closed to all traffic
History: Built 1925; made obsolete by new bridge in 1968; closed to traffic August 2007
Design: From west to east:
One riveted, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Two riveted, 10-panel Parker through trusses
One riveted, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 200.0 ft.
Total length: 648.8 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.51267, -90.43097 (decimal degrees)
38°30'46" N, 90°25'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: T. 44 N., R. 5 E., Sec. 35
Inventory numbers: MONBI 15656 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22628 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2006): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 1.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 11,070

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April 30, 2008: Updated by Max Johnson
March 22, 2006: Posted photos from Jack Schmidt

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Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net

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Fenton Bridge

Posted April 30, 2008, by David Eike (eikes at sbcglobal dot net)

St. Louis County and the City of Fenton have announced plans for a new bridge at this location. It appears that this bridge's days are numbered.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/BAA7487E474FC2D28625743A001238E4?OpenDocument

Fenton Bridge

Posted January 11, 2008, by craig palmer (cap1975 [at] gmail [dot] com)

its a real pain in the *ss driving around that area with that bridge closed.

Fenton Bridge

Posted December 26, 2007, by Eric (tmpauls [at] swbell [dot] net)

The bridge is slated to be demo'd in 2008. A replacement is being discussed for a few years down the road.

Fenton Bridge

Posted August 3, 2007, by Mark Dellbringge

This bridge, with a 3-ton weight limit, has now been closed to traffic.

Fenton Bridge

Posted August 2, 2007, by rusty

Just received word this bridge is being closed as of 8-2-07.

"The Fenton Area Chamber of Commerce announced today that St. Louis County has decided to close the Old Gravois Road Bridge over the Meramec River effective immediately.

More information is available at 314-615-5000."

Fenton Bridge

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