Bend Road Bridge - Washington

Bikes @ Missouri River

The weather keeps treating us to nice mild afternoons. Pete and I headed out to Washington via various back roads. Overall the fall colors are not what they usually are but there are flashes of fall beauty here and there.

I have heard they will tear down the Bend Road Bridge but to date it is still being used. We walked out on the bridge to get some pretty Meramec river pictures. The bridge sure does shake when a car goes across :) I ran across some statistics for the bridge that I found interesting.

Facts

Overview

Two-span through truss bridge on Bend Road over Meramec River

Status (as of 2001)

Open to one-lane traffic

History

Built 1916 by Miller & Borcherding Bridge Builders; rehabilitated 1991

Approximate latitude, longitude

+38.46129, -90.77253 (decimal degrees)
38°27'41" N, 90°46'21" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Land survey

T. 43 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 14

Design

Pair of pin-connected, 10-panel Pennsylvania through trusses

Dimensions

Main span length: 200.1 ft.
Total length: 421.8 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Vertical clearance: 14.0 ft.

Inspection (as of 2001)

Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 46.80

Meramec River @ Bend Road Bridge

Bikes@ Missouri River at Washington

Bend Road Bridge