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IANR - Wolf Creek Bridge

Black Hawk County, Iowa

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Photo taken by John Riley

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BH Photo #254026

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Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Wolf Creek on Railroad
Location
La Porte City, Black Hawk County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1902, Truss Span Replaced Ca. 1980
Railroads
- Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway (BCRN)
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (RI; CRIP; ROCK)
- Iowa Northern Railway (IANR)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 85.0 ft.
Total length: 200.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.31776, -92.19068   (decimal degrees)
42°19'04" N, 92°11'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/566691/4685375 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
La Porte City
Inventory number
BH 53577 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (13,357)
Black Hawk County, Iowa (89)
Built 1902 (448)
Built during 1900s (6,552)
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway (138)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (972)
Girder (8,715)
Have street view (24,274)
Iowa (6,026)
Iowa Northern Railway (57)
 La Porte City, Iowa (3)
Open (37,742)
Owned by railroad (10,601)
Plate girder (6,660)
Railroad (13,967)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,017)
Steel stringer (5,251)
Through girder (3,230)
Total length 175-250 feet (3,930)

Update Log 

  • July 9, 2018: New photos from John Marvig
  • November 1, 2013: New Street View added by Luke Harden
  • May 16, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added photograph.
  • September 20, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

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IANR - Wolf Creek Bridge
Posted July 9, 2018, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Originally built as a truss, and truss replaced ca. 1980 by the current I-Beam approaches.