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Side view Photos taken June 2005 by David Backlin |
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Main span |
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Oblique view |
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Looking westbound |
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Looking eastbound |
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Close-up of pier |
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Underneath |
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Builder's plaque Fred Luttjohann Contractor Topeka, Kansas |
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State plaque Missouri Highway Dept Bridge No J 705 1931 |
Facts
- Overview
- Five-span open-spandrel arch bridge over Lake Taneycomo (White River) on MO 76/Business US 65 at Branson
- Location
- Taney County, Missouri
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1931 by Fred Luttjohann, replacing an earlier truss bridge
- Builder
- - Fred Luttjohann of Topeka, Kansas
- Design
- Open-spandrel arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 194.8 ft.
Total length: 1,086.7 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.63569, -93.21433 (decimal degrees)
36°38'08" N, 93°12'52" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/480838/4054481 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 22 N., R. 21 W., Sec. 4
- USGS topographic map
- Branson
- Inventory numbers
- MoDOT J-705 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 5492 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22733 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 11/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 2.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 18,715
Comments
Lake Taneycomo Bridge
One of my favorites for sure! This photo taken in August 2007.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8492055@N08/3296968122/
Lake Taneycomo Bridge
TEAR THAT BRIDGE DOWN. IT'S A DEATH TRAP.
Lake Taneycomo Bridge
I think this is a wonderful example of an open spandrel bridge! We have one just like it in minneapolis[10th ave bridge] right next to 35w. It was given a rating of 7!!! Thanx for the pic!!!
Lake Taneycomo Bridge
NOW TELL PEOPLE HOW DANGERAS THIS BRIDGE IS
FEDERAL (RATES IT AS 3) This means it real poor in safty