Rating:
4 votes
Sixteen-to-One Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Des Moines River on IA 164
- Location
- Ledges State Park, Boone County, Iowa
- Status
- Destroyed by flooding
- History
- Condemned 1947; Washed away 1954
- Builder
- - Iowa Bridge Co. of Des Moines, Iowa (Likely Builder)
- Design
- Pennsylvania through truss
- Also called
- IA164 Des Moines River Bridge
Ledges Bridge
Ledges State Park Des Moines River Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.99937, -93.90438 (decimal degrees)
41°59'58" N, 93°54'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/425099/4650101 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Madrid NW
- Inventory number
- BH 55088 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 14, 2019: Updated by Luke: Added cause of loss
- December 31, 2018: Updated by Luke: Deemed unsafe ca 1947
- September 9, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added road name
- July 7, 2013: New photo from Luke Harden
- January 2, 2013: Added by Luke Harden
Sources
- Luke
- Flickr
- Iowa State University Geographic Information Systems - 1930s Aerial Imagery
- NewspaperArchive.com - Article
© Copyright 2002-18, James Baughn and contributors.
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This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ia/boone/bh55088/
Fascinating.
Spent a lot of time in the area and on the river and never knew that this bridge ever existed. Looks like a pair of lally columns at 41.998616,-93.904142. Must've crossed from Moingona road to Camp Hantesa. Bird's Eye view turned to south gives a good view of the bridge remains and the road near the camp.
Cool find.