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Overview: Through truss bridge over Beaver Creek (arm of Bull Shoals Lake) on US 160 east of Kissee Mills
Location: Taney County, Missouri
Status: Open to two-lane traffic
History: Built 1953 in conjunction with the creation of Bull Shoals Lake
Design: Riveted, 8-panel Camelback through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 180.1 ft.
Total length: 461.8 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +36.67161, -93.02331 (decimal degrees)
36°40'18" N, 93°01'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/497916/4058444 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 23 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 22
USGS topographic map: Forsyth
Inventory numbers: MoDOT L-382 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 6244 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22732 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2011): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 6.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011): 2,152