Shawnee Ford Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Bourbeuse River on Shawnee Ford Road beyond the end of Route AN
- Location
- Franklin County, Missouri
- Status
- Open to one-lane traffic with a 19 ton weight limit
- Future prospects
- Scheduled for replacement 2019
- History
- Built ca. 1920; rehabilitated 1990
- Design
- Pin-connected, 10-panel Camelback Pratt through truss with chip and seal coated timber deck
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 189.9 ft.
Total length: 276.8 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.5 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.26815, -91.33248 (decimal degrees)
38°16'05" N, 91°19'57" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/645873/4236882 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Strain
- Land survey
- T. 41 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 26
- Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
- 125
- Inventory numbers
- MONBI 22648 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21507 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of March 2017)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 33 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- March 14, 2013: Updated by Fmiser: Added category "Wooden deck"
- March 12, 2013: Updated by Robert Elder: Bridge is doomed
- May 24, 2005: Posted new photos
Comments
Bridge was likely built in 1961 using trusses taken from a 1920's bridge over Big River in St. Francois County
Replaced? With inspection ratings of "good" and "fair"?? *sigh*
There probably are bridges that need to be replaced. And there are situations where an old bridge is unsuitable for current and future traffice needs. This bridge seems to be neither. I am not a bridge inspector, nor did I have the time to look carefully - but from what I could see on my brief visit the bridge is in good shape.
The biggest problem I saw was the challenge of seeing if there is oncoming traffic. A few hundred tons of fill on each end could solve that problem and $1,500,000 could be used on a bridge that is unsafe. *grrrr*
This bridge's days are numbered. A replacement is on the way.
http://www.emissourian.com/local_news/county/article_5b14218...
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/mo/franklin/shawnee-ford/
Bridge has been replaced...
http://www.emissourian.com/local_news/county/contract-awarde...