Rating:
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Price & Colburn Bridge

Cass County, Missouri

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Photo taken by David Smothers October 7, 2008

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BH Photo #125660

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Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over South Grand River on Rodier Road in Freeman
Location
Cass County, Missouri
Status
Intact but closed to all traffic
History
Built 1910 by contractor George Bird
Builder
- George Bird of Harrisonville, Missouri (Contractor)
Design
Pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 142.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Also called
Rodier Road Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.62134, -94.50168   (decimal degrees)
38°37'17" N, 94°30'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/369273/4275826 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Freeman
Land survey
T. 44 N., R. 32 W., Sec. 7
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
50
Inventory numbers
MO 019-300000.6 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 21297 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21192 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2009)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 19.8 (out of 100)
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Categories 

5-panel truss (487)
Built 1910 (1,171)
Built during 1910s (9,686)
Cass County, Missouri (128)
Closed (2,671)
George Bird (3)
Missouri (6,315)
One-lane traffic (7,615)
Owned by county (20,874)
 Pony truss (16,262)
Pratt pony truss (3,658)
Pratt truss (9,361)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,454)
Structurally deficient (14,091)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,943)
Truss (33,022)
Wooden deck (6,084)

Update Log 

  • January 8, 2017: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler
  • June 22, 2016: Updated by K. Allen Ballard: Changed bridge name to 'Price & Colburn' based on review of MO Bridge Inventory data dated 27 Aug 1992, Bridge 300000.6; added alternative names.
  • January 3, 2016: New photos from K. Allen Ballard
  • November 11, 2015: Updated by K. Allen Ballard: Add photo; mics categories.
  • August 29, 2011: New photos from Ruth Reynolds
  • October 8, 2008: New photo from David Smothers

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Rodier Road Bridge
Posted November 11, 2015, by K. Allen Ballard (speedeeprint [at] gmail [dot] com)

Bridge is intact, but closed; visited here 10-24-15; my wife/my 35th anniversary. Great location to shoot, especially great light & foliage colors this particular day. Easy to get to from Freeman, MO at the east end of 5th Street. The other way from north end of Rodier Rd is possible too but long and not maintained......