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Patterson Bridge

Monroe County, Missouri

Photos 

Patterson Bridge #1

South End, RH Side, looking northeasterly. Sometimes you just get lucky in the afternoon and catch this kind of golden light!

Photo taken by K. Allen Ballard June 13, 2016

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BH Photo #355047

Map 

Description 

Contract was let for six bridges between the Decatur Bridge Co. and Monroe County 10 Feb 1913. [MO Bridge Inventory Inspection 6 June 1991] Cost of bridge was $2344.00

Facts 

Overview
Bridge over Crooked Creek on County Rd 255
Location
Monroe County, Missouri
Status
Open to traffic
Builders
- Cambria Steel Co. of Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- Decatur Bridge Co. of Decatur, Illinois
Design
5-Panel Pratt Pony Truss, steel stringer approaches, with Lattice Diagonal Railing and concrete deck over steel stringers.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 70.0 ft.
Total length: 97.0 ft.
Deck width: 10.7 ft.
Also called
Crooked Creek CR255
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.61384, -92.04098   (decimal degrees)
39°36'50" N, 92°02'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/582322/4385337 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Granville
Land survey
T. 56 N., R. 10 W., Sec. 32
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
10
Inventory numbers
MONR30
564000.2
BH 72505 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
MONBI 24848 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 72505 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of May 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 16.9 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Beam (16,884)
Built 1913 (902)
Built during 1910s (9,969)
Cambria Steel Co. (20)
Concrete deck (140)
Decatur Bridge Co. (25)
Lattice Railing (338)
Missouri (6,562)
Monroe County, Missouri (85)
 Open (40,968)
Owned by county (21,609)
Pony truss (17,011)
Pratt pony truss (3,950)
Pratt truss (10,297)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,420)
Steel stringer (6,713)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,792)
Truss (35,457)

Update Log 

  • June 15, 2016: Added by K. Allen Ballard; upload photos; historic inventory data;
  • September 23, 2011: New photos from Chris Gonnerman

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Patterson Bridge
Posted June 15, 2016, by K. Allen Ballard (speedeeprint [at] gmail [dot] com)

I have more photos to load at a future date. Even with a concrete deck this is a cool bridge and great photo shoot with the right light.