St. Laurent Creek Bridge

Photos

Oblique view

Photo taken by James Baughn

BH Photo #107394

Map

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Description

"The contract for building the St. Laurent bridge near St. Mary's was awarded to Stupp Bros. of St. Louis for $1490.50" -- Fair play newspaper of Ste. Genevieve, June 18, 1904

It's likely that this is the same bridge.

Facts

Overview: Pony truss bridge over St. Laurent Creek on Second Street (unmarked) in St. Mary just south of US 61 and just north of the Perry County line
Location: St. Mary, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri
Status: Open to one-lane traffic with a 3 ton weight limit
History: Built ca. 1904 probably by Stupp Brothers
Builder: - Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri
Design: Half-hip Pratt pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 51.8 ft.
Total length: 55.1 ft.
Deck width: 13.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.87383, -89.94084 (decimal degrees)
37°52'26" N, 89°56'27" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/241332/4195894 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Lithium
Average daily traffic (as of 2018): 10
Inventory numbers: MO 095-388000.2 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 23059 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22678 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of February 2018): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 23.1 (out of 100)
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Update Log

August 16, 2018: Likely a Stupp Brothers bridge
March 8, 2018: New photo from John Christeson
March 25, 2017: New photos from James Baughn
October 17, 2005: Posted all new photos

Sources

John Christeson - john_christeson [at] yahoo [dot] com
Fair play, June 18, 1904, Image 3