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Overview: Pony truss bridge over Whitewater River east of Burfordville
Location: Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Status: Open to two-lane traffic on a major state highway
Future prospects: Scheduled for replacement in 2009
History: Built 1932
Design: Riveted, skewed Warren pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 90.9 ft.
Total length: 354.9 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.37422, -89.79981 (decimal degrees)
37°22'27" N, 89°47'59" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/252083/4140065 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: Survey #308 (T. 31 N., R. 11 E.)
USGS topographic map: Burfordville
Inventory numbers: MoDOT J-885 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 5566 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21127 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2007): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 19.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 4,200