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West portal

Photos taken January 2006 by Kevin Ferguson

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Side view

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One span

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Underneath

Overview: Two-span through truss bridge over Big Creek on N. Rock Church Road east of MO 47
Location: Warren County, Missouri
Status: Open to one-lane traffic
History: Built or relocated in 1936
Design: Two pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt through trusses
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 85.0 ft.
Total length: 169.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.88459, -91.12857 (decimal degrees)
38°53'05" N, 91°07'43" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: T. 48 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 34
Inventory numbers: MO 109-023000.5 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 12895 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22770 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2006): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 18.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 25