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West portal

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Driving across eastbound

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View from a distance

In this view from the St. Charles Riverfront, the Wabash Bridge is in front

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Underneath the west approach

Overview: Pair of through truss bridges over the Missouri River on MO 370 between St. Charles and Bridgeton
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1992
Design: Warren through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 625.0 ft.
Total length: 3,455.2 ft.
Deck width: 54.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.79908, -90.46733 (decimal degrees)
38°47'57" N, 90°28'02" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/719942/4297527 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 47 N., R. 5 E., Sec. 32
USGS topographic map: Saint Charles
Inventory numbers: MoDOT A-4557 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 3729 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22571 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2007): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 93.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 31,203