BARRY COUNTY, Mo. (KY3) - A state highway bridge in Barry County is crumbling into Jenkins Creek. Engineers with the Missouri Department of Transportation say that although the bridge has a poor rating, it’s safe for traffic.

“It looks like stuff is caving off the side. You just don’t want to take a chance,” said BJ Van Twuyver

Van Twuyver says the structure on Highway 39, just off Farm Road 2080, is dangerous.

“I followed a dump truck across the bridge, a chunk of that concrete fell off, and a piece fell on the road. I thought, well, that’s odd,” he said.

The retired, disabled veteran says he has no choice but to travel across this part of the highway, often holding his breath.

“I have to drive that road all the time to go to the doctors and the hospitals and stuff. I just don’t, I r

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