Rating:
36131
{60}%
3 votes
Berry Bridge
Photos
Overview from the south
Photo taken by Clark Vance in August 2013
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BH Photo #262001
Description
According to a local resident this is called the Berry
Bridge.
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Blackwater River on CR 315 southeast of Sweet Springs
- Location
- Saline County, Missouri
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1929 by the Kansas City Bridge Co.
- Builder
- - Kansas City Bridge Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
- Design
- North approach: Riveted, 4-panel Pratt pony truss
Main span: Riveted, 8-panel Pratt through truss
South approach: Riveted Warren pony truss, alternating verticals
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 140.1 ft.
Total length: 241.2 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 18.0 ft.
- Also called
- Blackwater River CR 315 Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.94160, -93.39617 (decimal degrees)
38°56'30" N, 93°23'46" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/465666/4310370 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Sweet Springs
- Land survey
- T. 48 N., R. 23 W., Sec. 13
- Elevation
- 652 ft. above sea level
- Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
- 35
- Inventory numbers
- MONBI 23875 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 36131 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of March 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 22.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- April 14, 2019: New photos from Neil Krout
- February 20, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
- August 7, 2013: New photos from Clark Vance
- March 20, 2012: Updated by Clark Vance: Added local name
Sources
- Missouri Historic Bridge Inventory
- Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Neil Krout - kickinpony [dot] 66 [at] gmail [dot] com