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Overview

Photos taken June 2005 by David Backlin
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Oblique view

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Side view

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West portal

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East end

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Gate

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Hip joint

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Upper chord joint

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Overview
Through truss bridge over James River on FM 148 (Old Route D) east of Springfield
Location
Greene County, Missouri
Status
Only to pedestrians only, but could still handle two-lane vehicular traffic
History
Built ca. 1925
Design
Riveted, 8-panel Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 348.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.17719, -93.16929   (decimal degrees)
37°10'38" N, 93°10'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/484972/4114542 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 29 N., R. 20 W., Sec. 31
USGS topographic map
Galloway
Inventory numbers
MO 039-148024.4 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 17319 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21542 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2006)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 56.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
50

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8-panel truss (92)
Built during 1920s (4,800)
Greene County, Missouri (19)
James River (Missouri) (4)
Missouri (2,598)
Open to pedestrians (503)
Owned by county (14,358)
Parker through truss (313)
Parker truss (465)
Riveted (381)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,044)
Through truss (5,551)
Total length 250-500 feet (2,191)
Truss (16,266)

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