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Overview: Wooden bridge over a roadside ditch on CR 1208, just off MO 174
Location: Lawrence County, Missouri
Status: Open to one-lane traffic
History: Built ca. 1930
Design: Steel stringer
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 16.0 ft.
Total length: 32.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.11795, -93.68653 (decimal degrees)
37°07'05" N, 93°41'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/439009/4108177 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 28 N., R. 25 W., Sec. 20
USGS topographic map: Chesapeake
Inventory numbers: MoDOT T-1024 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 9406 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21856 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2007): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 11.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 3,060

North Road Ditch MO 174 Bridge

Posted January 30, 2007, by Greg Hall (cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com)

This is immediately on the north of the road. Lawrence CR1208, which is a dead end lane, probably private, though no sign to declare it.

GPS at foot of bridge is just a bit different than posted. 37 07.077 93 41.192

Photo 1: From hwy 174 on East side of bridge.

Photo 2: approach from 174 (south/headed north)

Photo 3: from hwy 174 on West side of bridge

Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.