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Brandon-Mt. Auburn Bridge

Photos 

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

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BH Photo #322820

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Cedar River on Road
Location
Benton County, Iowa
Status
Destroyed by flooding
History
Built ca 1889; Lost 1929
Builder
- King Iron Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio [also known as King Bridge Co.]
Design
(3)7-panel, Pinned Pratt through trusses
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.28922, -92.05133   (decimal degrees)
42°17'21" N, 92°03'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/578210/4682324 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Brandon
Inventory number
BH 67075 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log 

  • October 2, 2022: Updated by Luke: Corrected GPS: Bridge wasn't built on current 22nd Avenue alignment until 1968
  • September 27, 2022: Updated by Luke: Updated cause of loss
  • September 13, 2019: Updated by Luke: Added ca. build date & lost date
  • September 13, 2019: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added builder
  • September 13, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com

Comments 

Brandon-Mt. Auburn Bridge
Posted October 3, 2022, by Luke

That would’ve been the demolished McFarlane Bridge

https://bridgehunter.com/ia/black-hawk/mcfarlane/

Brandon-Mt. Auburn Bridge
Posted October 3, 2022, by Don Morrison

There was apparently a rail bridge there. in southwest Buchanan county.

waterloo, CF and Northern RR

just north of J.D. Winegar's land in 1923.

Brandon-Mt. Auburn Bridge
Posted October 2, 2022, by Luke

Aerials from historicaerials show the historic bridge downstream on the original alignment of 22nd Ave (Now 22nd Ave Ln.), but show no signs of remains on the modern alignment

What is possibly happening here is that what is being seen are remains from pilings made during construction. Construction pilings are often mis-identified as remains of previous spans.

I myself am not in the area as well, and I have a short list of spans closer to me that need photographing well before I'd stray that far north.

Brandon-Mt. Auburn Bridge
Posted October 2, 2022, by Don Morrison

This area needs some research. there appears to be two locations where a bridge may have crossed.

I'm unable to research further at this time, but historic atlas or historic aerials may provide some more clues.

I'll try to remember to come back to it. I'm about 80 miles north of the area, so maybe I'll make a trip in the future too.

Mt. Auburn Bridge
Posted September 27, 2022, by Mike

Any one out there knows if there was another bridge just north of the bridge that fell in 1929 there’s old wooden bridge pylings that you can see going at a angle from the east bank

Mt. Auburn Bridge
Posted September 27, 2022, by Mike

Any one out there knows if there was another bridge just north of the bridge that fell in 1929 there’s old wooden bridge pylings that you can see going at a angle from the east bank