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ISRY - IA2 Overpass

Appanoose County, Iowa

Photos 

Photo taken by Chris Guenzler

BH Photo #239879

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over IA2 on Iowa Southern Railway
Location
Appanoose County, Iowa
Status
Open to rail traffic
Builder
- Des Moines Asphalt Paving Co. of Des Moines, Iowa
Railroads
- Appanoose County Community Railroad (APNC)
- Iowa Southern Railway (ISRY)
- Norfolk & Western Railway (NW)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 36.7 ft.
Total length: 94.3 ft.
Deck width: 12.0 ft.
Also called
Wabash Railroad Bridge #2769A
APNC - IA2 Overpass
Wabash - IA2 Overpass
NS - IA2 Overpass
N&W - IA2 Overpass
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.73993, -92.72218   (decimal degrees)
40°44'24" N, 92°43'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/523456/4509924 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Moulton
Inventory numbers
IA 13830 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 52185 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Appanoose County Community Railroad (11)
Appanoose County, Iowa (63)
Built 1928 (1,221)
Built during 1920s (10,256)
Deck girder (6,303)
Des Moines Asphalt Paving Co. (2)
Girder (11,169)
Have street view (28,902)
IA 2 (7)
Iowa (6,793)
Iowa Southern Railway (7)
 Norfolk & Western Railway (636)
Norfolk Southern Railway (2,094)
Open (40,969)
Owned by railroad (13,500)
Plate girder (8,724)
Railroad (16,458)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,220)
Through girder (4,189)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,792)
Wabash Railroad (592)

Update Log 

  • January 27, 2015: New photo from James Holzmeier
  • November 12, 2014: Updated by James Holzmeier: Updated bridge dimensions, build date and Wabash bridge number
  • February 12, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Changed name
  • February 9, 2013: New photo from Dylan VanAntwerp
  • January 27, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Updated list of railroads. Added Norfolk and Western railroad and deleted BNSF. BNSF was never an owner of this line.
  • September 23, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Wabash Railroad"
  • April 23, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Railroad", "Appanoose County Community Railroad"

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Comments 

APNC IA2 Overpass
Posted March 17, 2013, by Dylan VanAntwerp (dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com)

If you look closely at the google street view, you will notice the letters W,A,B,A for Wabash still faintly visible on the side of the bridge.