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UP - Beaver Creek Bridge

Boone County, Iowa

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Photo taken by Bradley J. Grefe

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BH Photo #241433

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Street View 

Description 

Build date provided by C&NW bridge records at the Chicago & North Western Railway Historical Society archives

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Beaver Creek on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Beaver, Boone County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1900
Railroads
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 68.0 ft.
Total length: 136.0 ft.
Also called
CNW - Beaver Creek Bridge
C&NW Bridge #713
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.03571, -94.14593   (decimal degrees)
42°02'09" N, 94°08'45" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/405148/4654376 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Grand Junction
Inventory number
BH 52561 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beaver, Iowa (1)
Boone County, Iowa (109)
Built 1900 (912)
Built during 1900s (7,013)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,371)
Deck girder (5,456)
Girder (9,685)
Have street view (26,089)
 Iowa (6,321)
Open (38,979)
Owned by railroad (11,803)
Plate girder (7,470)
Railroad (14,944)
Span length 50-75 feet (9,821)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,797)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,322)

Update Log 

  • January 27, 2019: New photos from Daniel Barnes
  • October 31, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
  • October 14, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • May 27, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Railroad", "Chicago & North Western Railway", "Union Pacific Railroad"

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