Photos
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Looking north |
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Oblique view |
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Main span |
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View from Route V |
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Old and new |
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South pony truss |
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Pier and joints |
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Underneath |
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Old stone pier |
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New alignment The new bridge was built on a subtle curve to avoid the site of the old bridge when it was still standing. |
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Pier remnants After the old concrete pier was demolished, the pieces were used as rip-rap. |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss bridge over Saline Creek on US 61 north of St. Mary
- Location
- Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1925; replaced Aug. 2004
- Builder
- - Public Works Construction Co. (Contractor)
- Design
- Center span: 8-panel Parker through truss
Both approaches: Warren pony trusses
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 151.5 ft.
Total length: 288.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.3 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.90132, -89.97751 (decimal degrees)
37°54'05" N, 89°58'39" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/238203/4199046 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 37 N., R. 10 E., Sec. 19
- USGS topographic map
- Kaskaskia
- Inventory numbers
- MoDOT H-64 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 4849 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22676 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 17, 2005: Posted updated photos showing the scene after the bridge was demolished