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Overview: Pony truss bridge over Buckeye Creek on US 61 just south of Hughes Creek Bridge
Location: Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Status: Open to one-lane traffic
Future prospects: Scheduled for replacement
History: Built 1922
Design: Riveted, 5-panel Pratt pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 49.9 ft.
Total length: 54.1 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.54706, -89.68609 (decimal degrees)
37°32'49" N, 89°41'10" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/262702/4158953 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 33 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 14
USGS topographic map: Oak Ridge
Inventory numbers: MoDOT G-29 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 4560 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21083 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2007): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 14.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 1,342