Rating:
7 votes
Washington Avenue Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over the railroad tracks on Washington Avenue in Sedalia, three blocks east of MO 765
- Location
- Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1910-11 by the Midland Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1989 and 2013
- Builder
- - Midland Bridge Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
- Railroads
- - Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 115.1 ft.
Total length: 319.8 ft.
Deck width: 16.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.71063, -93.22400 (decimal degrees)
38°42'38" N, 93°13'26" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/480524/4284689 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Sedalia East
- Land survey
- T. 45 N., R. 21 W., Sec. 5
- Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
- 500
- Inventory numbers
- MONBI 23167 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22306 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of February 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 65.8 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- February 21, 2015: New Street View added by Clark Vance
- February 20, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
- January 24, 2014: Updated by John Kritos: the bridge repairs are now completed and the bridge is once again open to traffic.
- July 14, 2013: New photos from Steven Eichelberger
- January 12, 2013: Updated by James Baughn: Bridge is scheduled for replacement this year
- February 12, 2012: Updated by John Kritos: Updated Status - Bridge is now closed to traffic until further notice.
- November 27, 2009: Posted HAER photos
- February 5, 2007: Posted all new photos
Sources
- HAER MO-29 - Washington Avenue Bridge
- John Kritos - jmkrito [at] yahoo [dot] com
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
- Sedalia News-Journal, Jan. 10, 2013
- Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
- Washington Street Bridge repairs complete - Sedalia News-Journal, Sept. 26, 2013
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
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I was in Sedalia checking out the MKT Depot and freight house yesterday when I happened upon this bridge I'd never seen before. I wasn't sure if it was still open to pedestrians as the wooden walkway on the side wasn't blocked or taped. I started walking across and noticed about every board I stepped on was loose. About 1/2 the way up the south approach I hit an extremely loose board and decided that yes, it was probably closed too and walked back down, lol.
I hope Sedalia can find a way to save the bridge. I didn't realize it was built in 1910, it's over 100 years old! It'd be a shame to lose it now.