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Deck view

Photos taken Feb. 2002 by Jim Ridge

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Underneath

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Portal

Photo taken by James Baughn

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Approach

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Missing boards

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Facts

Overview: Closed through truss bridge over Big River just northeast of Washington State Park
Status: Closed to all traffic
History: Built 1917
Design: Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 164.1 ft.
Total length: 253.9 ft.
Deck width: 14.8 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.09201, -90.68364 (decimal degrees)
38°05'31" N, 90°41'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: MONBI 12552 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22785 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2006): Deck condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 17.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 75

Comments

Washington State Park Bridge

Posted January 11, 2008, by craig palmer (cap1975 [at] gmail [dot] com)

that was actually one of two bridges, the little one that went over a creek got torn down, i heard from good source that back in the day that use to be mo route 21

Washington State Park Bridge

Posted January 11, 2008, by Anonymous

there was actually two bridges, i think the first one that went over a little creek got torn down but the pictured one remains