Greene County – Signs indicating a weight limit of 40 tons for single-unit vehicles (not including tractor-trailers) and 50 tons for combination vehicles (tractor-trailers) will be installed on the eastbound U.S. Route 60 bridge over Lake Springfield in Springfield, the Missouri Department of Transportation said.
The new load posting resulted from the department’s regular bridge inspection process to analyze load limitations, and the posting will be updated per Federal Highway Administration guidance.
The bridge was built in 1965 and had a major rehabilitation in 2009. The new weight limit will be in place until the bridge is replaced. No timeframe has been set to replace the bridge at this time.
Previously, a 55-ton weight limit applied to this bridge.
Approximately 33,099 vehicles travel across this structure each day.
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