Osage River MO 7 New Bridge
Photos
Osage River Bridge Highway 7
New bridge that replaced the old Mo7 bridge seen on the left of the photo
Photo taken by Frank L. Gover
BH Photo #188756
Facts
- Overview
- Bridge on Mo Highway 7
- Location
- Benton County, Missouri
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 172.9 ft.
Total length: 5,128.2 ft. (1.0 mi.)
Deck width: 32.2 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.24006, -93.41316 (decimal degrees)
38°14'24" N, 93°24'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/463844/4232531 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Warsaw West
- Land survey
- T. 40 N., R. 22 W., Sec. 24
- Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
- 5,061
- Inventory numbers
- MONBI 2910 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 47141 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of February 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 87.6 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- November 8, 2013: New Street View added by Kelly McClanahan
- December 2, 2010: Updated by Matthew Lohry: Added NBI info
- November 28, 2010: Added by John Gover
Related Bridges
- Osage River MO 7 Bridge (Predecessor)
Comments
You want to see a great view?
Go to Shawnee Bend public use area opposite Truman dam. There is a bluff that overlooks the "mile long bridge" and affords sweeping views looking south.
You can look out over these bluffs and see the entire bridge and its supports. You can see miles down the lake which used to be the right fork of the South Osage.
My mom & dad had a home at Racket. I still have memories of the area before Truman Dam impounded the Grand River & Osage River. The areas now underwater were so nice and the Bottom land with the big oak trees went on forever!!
All the old bridges in and around Racket & Warsaw are still in my memories. My family took photos of most of them.
When I was very young, I can remember crossing the "Mile Long Bridge" on the way to visit my grandparents in Mt. Zion. After the new bridge opened, it was actually a few years before the Corps demolished the truss bridge.
There's some really good BBQ to be had west of the bridge.
This photo is looking west from the Warsaw side of now Truman lake. If you look to the extreme left of the photo, you can see the old Truss bridge over the lower Osage River. The water in this area is very deep now! My father and i have fished in this area. Water depth goes to about 50 feet in some areas. The water depth in the old Osage river channel is about 70+.
When the water is low, the old bridge approach on the west end is visible. As you drive onto the "mile long bridge" toward Warsaw, look right quickly and you can see this.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/mo/benton/bh47141/
Pic of the new bridge and the old bridge