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Looking south from overpass

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Overview: Pair of steel through arch bridges over the Missouri River at Jefferson City on US 54/63 in Jefferson City
Status: Open to traffic on a multi-lane freeway
History: Original southbound bridge opened August 1955; new northbound bridge added 1991
Design: Steel through arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 595.6 ft.
Total length: 3,124.2 ft.
Deck width: 46.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.58767, -92.17880 (decimal degrees)
38°35'16" N, 92°10'44" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: T. 44 N., R. 11 W., Sec. 7
Inventory numbers: MoDOT L-550R2 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 6345 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 21322 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2006): Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 55.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 27,858

Jefferson City Bridge

Posted May 6, 2008, by David B. Haun (dbhaun [at] gmail [dot] com)

Jefferson City Bridge Southbound Span

Jefferson City Bridge

Posted April 27, 2008, by David B. Haun (dbhaun [at] gmail [dot] com)

You put it in us 64 instead of us 63 category please correct it.

Thank you,

David B. Haun

Jefferson City Bridge

Posted March 25, 2008, by David B. Haun (dbhaun [at] gmail [dot] com)

Add category US 63 to Jefferson City Bridge.