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Possum Creek Bridge

Bates County, Missouri

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South Approach

Photo taken by David Backlin in June 2010

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BH Photo #168199

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Overview
Concrete slab bridge over Possum Creek on CR SW 57 (old US 71)
Location
Bates County, Missouri
Status
Open to local traffic
History
Built 1924; Bypassed by new bridge 1963
Design
Concrete slab
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 23.3 ft.
Total length: 155.8 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.18835, -94.35226   (decimal degrees)
38°11'18" N, 94°21'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/381576/4227577 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Butler South
Land survey
T. 39 N., R. 31 W., Sec. 5
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
5
Inventory numbers
MoDOT G-550 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 4676 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 37465 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2017)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 54.7 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Bates County, Missouri (80)
Built 1924 (781)
Built during 1920s (10,328)
Concrete balustrade (892)
Have street view (29,908)
Jefferson Highway (49)
Missouri (6,570)
 Open (41,202)
Owned by county (21,720)
Skewed (5,073)
Slab (2,259)
Span length under 25 feet (7,133)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,349)
US 71 (163)

Update Log 

  • September 24, 2008: Added by David Backlin

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Possum Creek Bridge
Posted September 27, 2013, by The Independent Rage (theindependentrage [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I recall this bridge still being used to carry the southbound US 71 lanes until some point in the mid-1980s, when it was bypassed for good with the building of a new bridge and two new lanes to the east.