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Telegraph Road Overpass

St. Louis County, Missouri

Photos 

from a distance

photo taken by MoDOT in early 2000.

Photo taken by MoDOT in January 2000

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BH Photo #195263

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Lost two-span rigid-frame concrete bridge over Interstate 255 on Missouri State Highway 231 (Telegraph Road)
Location
Mehlville, St. Louis County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1947; replaced 2008
Design
Rigid frame
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 63.0 ft.
Total length: 220.2 ft.
Deck width: 51.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.49500, -90.30000   (decimal degrees)
38°29'42" N, 90°17'60" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/735470/4264193 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Oakville
Land survey
T. 43 N., R. 6 E., Sec. 1
Inventory numbers
MoDOT L-53R1 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 11327 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 42688 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1947 (301)
Built during 1940s (4,233)
Have street view (28,902)
Interstate 255 (2)
Lost (28,468)
Lost 2008 (375)
Lost during 2000s (4,406)
Mehlville, Missouri (3)
 Missouri (6,562)
Owned by state (16,554)
Replaced by new bridge (19,360)
Rigid frame (772)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,420)
St. Louis County, Missouri (324)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,476)
US 50 (109)

Update Log 

  • May 18, 2019: New photos from Joe Sonderman
  • April 1, 2013: New photos from Karen Daniels
  • March 14, 2011: Updated by Kim Harvey: added a photo taken by MoDOT, chanaged name to Telegraph Road Overpass
  • June 7, 2009: Updated by Justin Zeid: Bridge has been replaced
  • June 4, 2009: Added by James Baughn

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