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Bernheimer Road Bridge

Warren County, Missouri

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Overview

Photo taken by James Baughn

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BH Photo #107656

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Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Clear Branch on Bernheimer Road
Location
Warren County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by a UCEB with old bridge being placed in a nearby field intact.
History
Built 1902 by Stupp Brothers
Builder
- Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri
Design
Pin-connected, 3-panel, half-hip Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 39.0 ft.
Total length: 40.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.68026, -91.25881   (decimal degrees)
38°40'49" N, 91°15'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/651453/4282733 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Berger
Land survey
T. 45 N., R. 3 W., Sec. 9
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
35
Inventory numbers
MO 109-106001.4 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 16002 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22756 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2008)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 24.3 (out of 100)
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Categories 

3-panel truss (131)
Built 1902 (520)
Built during 1900s (7,224)
Half-hip Pratt pony truss (503)
In storage (189)
Missouri (6,302)
One-lane traffic (7,606)
Owned by county (20,784)
Pin-connected (3,901)
Pony truss (16,182)
 Pratt pony truss (3,637)
Pratt truss (9,295)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,668)
Structurally deficient (14,205)
Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. (91)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,192)
Truss (32,778)
Warren County, Missouri (32)
Wooden deck (6,069)

Update Log 

  • December 20, 2011: Updated by Tony Dillon: Bridge replaced and set intact in a nearby field
  • August 3, 2005: Posted new photos

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Bernheimer Road Bridge
Posted December 20, 2011, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

All hope is not lost here Basher...the bridge does still exist! And while it is sad that they didn't just rehab it in place, at least it is sitting intact with hope that it might be reused somewhere...could have met it's end via a cutting torch!