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Looking southwest

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West portal

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East portal

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On bridge looking east

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Overhead members

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Upper chord hip joint

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Portal beam

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Joint along upper chord

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Turnbuckle

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Approach pier

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East abutment

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Stringers under east end

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Weight limit sign

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West approach from side

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West approach from above

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Underneath west approach

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Stone pier from north side

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Above the pier

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Pier from south side

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Underneath looking west

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Underneath looking east

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Close-up of underside

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Close-up of lower chord

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Lower chord joint

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Lower chord eyebar joint

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Connector piece

Map

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over St. Francis River between Puxico and Rombauer on Stoddard CR 499
Status: Open to one-lane traffic on a county road with a 10 ton weight limit
History: Formerly a bridge on the Frisco Hoxie Branch railroad built in 1926(?) and later retrofitted for vehicle use when the line was discontinued in 1967
Design: Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss with wooden trestle approaches on both ends
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 181.0 ft.
Total length: 292.9 ft.
Deck width: 12.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 18.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.87116, -90.25370 (decimal degrees)
36°52'16" N, 90°15'13" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: T. 26 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 25
Inventory numbers: MO 103-452004.0 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 24045 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22692 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2005): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 21.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 100

Update Log

March 26, 2005: Posted new photos

Sources

Complete History of Butler County - Pages 204, 207, 214

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Indian Ford Bridge

Posted November 30, 2006, by Anonymous

Its a pretty sturdybidge if you ask me