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Flat Creek Railroad Bridge

Pettis County, Missouri

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Overview

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South portal

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South span

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North portal

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North span

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View from a distance

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South abutment

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One panel

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Portal bracing

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Underneath

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Center pier

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Lower joints on center pier

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Upper joint

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Encased joint at south abutment

Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Two-span through truss bridge over Flat Creek on South Grand Avenue, south of Sedalia
Location
Pettis County, Missouri
Status
Open to one-lane traffic
History
Built ca. 1898 by the Sedalia, Warsaw and Southwestern Railroad
Design
Pair of pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt through trusses
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 84.9 ft.
Total length: 169.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 18.4 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.65589, -93.24093   (decimal degrees)
38°39'21" N, 93°14'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/479037/4278619 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 45 N., R. 21 W., Sec. 21
USGS topographic map
Sedalia East
Inventory numbers
MO 080-237002.0 (Missouri off-system bridge number)
MONBI 19867 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22289 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2008)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 63.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
400

Categories 

19th Century (2,064)
5-panel truss (109)
Built during 1890s (809)
Flat Creek (Pettis County, Missouri) (3)
Functionally obsolete (5,793)
Missouri (2,598)
NR-eligible (2,623)
One-lane traffic (6,989)
Open (22,291)
Owned by county (14,358)
 Pettis County, Missouri (28)
Pin-connected (510)
Pratt through truss (976)
Pratt truss (1,666)
Rail-to-road (15)
Sedalia, Warsaw & Southwestern Railroad (2)
Span length 75-100 feet (3,316)
Through truss (5,551)
Total length 125-175 feet (2,737)
Truss (16,266)

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Comments 

Flat Creek Railroad Bridge
Posted October 28, 2007, by John Hayes (jehayes54 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This bridge is still in service for one-way traffic as of October 28, 2007. It was originally built by the railroad for the short line between Sedalia and Warsaw. Between Warsaw and Sedalia the rail line also serviced the small towns of Cole Camp and Mora. At the southern terminus, Warsaw had a "Y" to turn the train around for the return trip. The Missouri Pacific Railroad (MoPac) operated this short line in its later years. I often cross it when going between my farm and Sedalia.

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