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APNC Chariton River Bridge

Appanoose County, Iowa
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Photos 

Photo taken by Chris Guenzler

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Video 

Railroad Motorcar Run

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Map 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge on Railroad over Chariton River
Location
Appanoose County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1945
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Design
Baltimore through truss
Also called
New Rock Island 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)
USGS topographic map
Centerville East
Inventory number
BH 51311 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (449)
Appanoose County Community Railroad (6)
Appanoose County, Iowa (47)
Baltimore through truss (149)
Baltimore truss (163)
Beam (6,052)
Built 1945 (166)
Built during 1940s (2,798)
Chariton River (23)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (335)
 Iowa (3,509)
Open (28,318)
Owned by railroad (4,050)
Railroad (4,081)
Steel stringer (2,328)
Through truss (9,211)
Truss (23,575)
Warren through truss (928)
Warren through truss with all verticals (145)
Warren truss (3,961)

Update Log 

  • 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"

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  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com
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Chariton River Railroad Bridge
Posted May 8, 2012, by Dylan VanAntwerp (dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com)

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.