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Branch Medicine Creek Bridge

Putnam County, Missouri

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Overview
Pony truss bridge over branch of Medicine Creek on 140th Street
Location
Putnam County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1925
Design
Bedstead double-intersection Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 60.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.52970, -93.30382   (decimal degrees)
40°31'47" N, 93°18'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/474267/4486596 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Powersville
Land survey
T. 66 N., R. 21 W., Sec. 7
Inventory numbers
MO 086-036002.9 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 13370 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22376 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bedstead double-intersection Warren pony truss (72)
Bedstead truss (533)
Built 1925 (1,276)
Built during 1920s (9,956)
Double-intersection Warren pony truss (203)
Double-intersection Warren truss (458)
Lost (24,941)
Missouri (6,315)
 Pony truss (16,236)
Putnam County, Missouri (65)
Replaced by new bridge (16,742)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,707)
Structurally deficient (14,107)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,318)
Truss (32,936)

Update Log 

  • April 8, 2013: Updated by Chris Gonnerman: Corrected bridge location, type, and status.

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