Facts
- Overview
- Pony truss bridge over Bess Slough Ditch on MO 114 (Old US 60) east of Dexter
- Location
- Stoddard County, Missouri
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1922
- Design
- Warren pony truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 65.3 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.78807, -89.92592 (decimal degrees)
36°47'17" N, 89°55'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Land survey
- T. 25 N., R. 11 E., Sec. 20
- Inventory numbers
- MoDOT F-1135R (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 4554 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22681 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 10/2005)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 32.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
- 1,316
Comments
Bess Slough Old US 60 Bridge
This is a great old bridge that I've crossed many times when a child and I lived near there. Now I only get to see if every couple of years. It has long been bypassed and so does not see too much traffic. Despite this, as you can see in the photo, this bridge and many others in the area were repainted as one lane bridges since they were deemed structurally unsound.