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ISRY - Chariton River Bridge
Description
This bridge has an unusual combination of spans, 5 total, all of which are of different lengths. The main span is a subdivided Warren through truss, the secondary span is a smaller Warren through truss, along with 3 DPG spans.---------------------------------
All lengths are approximate
Facts
- Overview
- Warren through truss bridge on Iowa Southern Railway over Chariton River
- Location
- Appanoose County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1945
- Builder
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Railroads
- - Appanoose County Community Railroad (APNC)
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Iowa Southern Railway (ISRY)
- Design
- 80' DPG
100' DPG
155' Subdivided Warren through truss
118' Warren through truss
50' DPG - Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 155.0 ft.
Total length: 540.0 ft.
- Also called
- RI - Chariton River Bridge (1946 Alignment)
Rock Island Bridge #3287
APNC - Chariton River Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.70687, -92.77414 (decimal degrees)
40°42'25" N, 92°46'27" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/519079/4506241 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Centerville East
- Inventory number
- BH 51311 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 26, 2016: New photos from Dylan VanAntwerp
- January 2, 2014: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: corrected info
- September 7, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added info
- May 14, 2013: New photos from Dylan VanAntwerp
- May 13, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added builder/build date
- September 23, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
- February 17, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Chariton River"
Related Bridges
- RI - Chariton River Bridge (Old) (Predecessor) - Original RI Chariton River bridge, which was built upstream
- IANR - Shell Rock River Bridge (Clarksville) (Same design)
- UP - Des Moines River Bridge (Hartford Avenue) (Same design)
- RI - Soap Creek Bridge (Same design)
- IANR - Beaver Creek Bridge (Same design)
Comments
Chariton River Railroad Bridge
This railroad bridge was originally built and owned by the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific railroad and was part of the Golden State Route mainline. This bridge was built as part of a 1946 realignment through much of SE Iowa which reduced grades and mileage. The original bridge was several miles north, and I believe you can still see the stumps of the timbers sticking out of the river bottom. The original crossing location was just south of the present day Highway 2 bridge. The Rock Island went bankrupt and ceased operations in 1980.
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There is a distinct possibility that the shorter of the two truss spans in this bridge is actually the former main span from the Rock Island's original crossing site of the Chariton River, located a few miles to the north. A rough estimate of the old main span's length using the Google Earth ruler tool is approximately 120ft, nearly identical to the estimated length of the short truss on this bridge. This would help to explain the unusual design of the new bridge, with mismatched DPG and Warren through truss spans of varying lengths and designs. The design of the truss span in question is also similar to other simple warren through trusses the Rock Island erected in great numbers in the late 1800s/early 1900s.