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Looking northeast

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Looking southeast

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North portal

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South portal

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Close-up of truss

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Outrigger

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Girder joint in middle

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A lower chord joint

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Wooden planks under the deck

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Exposed rebar on deck

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Remains from another bridge downstream

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View from below

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Under the north end

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Looking up through lower chord

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Looking up into girder

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Upper chord joint from below

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North approach

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North abutment

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South abutment

Map

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Facts

Overview: Pony truss bridge over Mingo Ditch southwest of Puxico on CR 499
Location: Stoddard County, Missouri
Status: Open to one-lane traffic on a gravel road with a 17 ton weight limit
Future prospects: Does not need to be replaced
History: Formerly a bridge on the Frisco Hoxie Branch railroad built in 1926 (?) and refurbished for vehicle use when the line was discontinued
Design: Warren pony truss
Dimensions: Total length: 113.8 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.90354, -90.22393 (decimal degrees)
36°54'13" N, 90°13'26" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: MONBI 24038 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22695 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2005): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 41.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 100

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