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DME - Walnut Creek Bridge #3

Appanoose County, Iowa

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DM&E Walnut Creek Bridge #3

Looking North

Photo taken by John Marvig in October 2017

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BH Photo #407301

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Walnut Creek on Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad
Location
Rathbun, Appanoose County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1939
Builder
- Bethlehem Steel Co. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Railroads
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
- Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad (DME)
- I&M Rail Link (IMRL)
- Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (ICE)
- Soo Line Railroad (SOO)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 165.0 ft.
Also called
MILW Bridge #I-502
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.79885, -92.88546   (decimal degrees)
40°47'56" N, 92°53'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/509662/4516434 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mystic
Inventory number
BH 55345 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Appanoose County, Iowa (64)
Bethlehem Steel Co. (154)
Built 1939 (814)
Built during 1930s (12,248)
Canadian Pacific Railway (582)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (1,112)
Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad (349)
Deck girder (6,399)
Girder (11,348)
I&M Rail Link (165)
Iowa (6,818)
 Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (230)
Open (41,205)
Owned by railroad (13,729)
Plate girder (8,876)
Railroad (16,666)
Rathbun, Iowa (2)
Soo Line Railroad (322)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,733)
Through girder (4,271)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,349)

Update Log 

  • October 20, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
  • January 27, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added categories "I&M Rail Link" "Soo Line Railroad"
  • January 27, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

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