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West portal

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East portal

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Truss

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Overhead

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Upper joint

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Damage along deck

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View from a distance

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Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Horseshoe Creek on Old US 40, west of Bates City
Location
Lafayette County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1922; made obsolete by new bridge in 1951; replaced Summer 2006
Design
Riveted, 5-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 142.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.01167, -94.10667   (decimal degrees)
39°00'42" N, 94°06'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/404186/4318653 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 49 N., R. 29 W., Sec. 34
USGS topographic map
Bates City
Inventory numbers
MoDOT G-387 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 4619 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21837 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2005)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 28.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
1,342

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5-panel truss (109)
Built 1922 (347)
Built during 1920s (4,797)
Lafayette County, Missouri (18)
Lost (1,955)
Missouri (2,585)
Owned by state (6,768)
Pratt through truss (974)
Pratt truss (1,663)
Replaced by new bridge (831)
Riveted (381)
Span length 100-125 feet (2,309)
Structurally deficient (12,074)
Through truss (5,545)
Total length 125-175 feet (2,737)
Truss (16,259)
US 40 (100)

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