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Photos

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Overview

These photos, taken July 2005 by Bob Estes, show the bridge when it was still in use.

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Truss

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Destruction

Bob Estes returned in Spring 2006 to discover that the bridge had been destroyed after somebody tried to drag an old caracross without wheels or tires.

Facts

Overview: Lost pony truss bridge over Silver Creek on CR 1651
Location: Cedar County, Missouri
Status: No longer exists
Design: Pin-connected, 3-panel, half-hip Pratt pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 46.9 ft.
Total length: 64.0 ft.
Deck width: 11.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.76001, -93.76946 (decimal degrees)
37°45'36" N, 93°46'10" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/432223/4179466 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 35 N., R. 26 W., Sec. 35
USGS topographic map: Caplinger Mills
Inventory numbers: MO 020-202000.2 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 18852 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21211 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2005): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 20.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 30