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These first two photos were taken by Jack Schmidt

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Looking west

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Looking east

This photo was taken Aug. 2005 by the webmaster

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Facts

Overview: Pony truss bridge over Tuque Creek on MO 47/94 just southeast of Marthasville
Location: Warren County, Missouri
Status: Open to two-lane traffic
History: Built 1933
Design: Warren pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 70.5 ft.
Total length: 157.1 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.61790, -91.04433 (decimal degrees)
38°37'04" N, 91°02'40" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/670259/4276189 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 45 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 33
USGS topographic map: Washington West
Inventory numbers: MoDOT K-93 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 5664 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22776 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2008): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 31.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 3,128

Update Log

April 7, 2006: Posted additional photos from Jack Schmidt

Sources

Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net

Comments

Tuque Creek Bridge

Posted March 11, 2007, by Jim Buescher (james426 [at] centurytel [dot] net)

I have a picture of this bridge when it was brand new in 1933. My grand parents and aunt are standing on the bridge posing for the picture. I'm not suprised about the bridge being structurly deficient, I drive over the bridge almost every day, I've watched it disinegrate before my eyes for the last fifty years.

Jim Buescher

Marthasville, MO.