B&SV - Bass Point High Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Deck girder bridge over Bass Point Creek on Boone & Scenic Valley (former FtDDM&S) Railroad northeast of Logansport
- Location
- Boone County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1913
- Builders
- - A.W. Merrick of Boone, Iowa (Substructure)
- American Bridge Co. of New York (Superstructure)
- William M. Hughes of Chicago, Illinois (Designer)
- Railroads
- - Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad (BSVY)
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railway (FDDM)
- Interurban
- Design
- 8 32' Deck plate girders
6 80' Deck plate girders
1 48' Deck plate girder - Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 784.0 ft.
- Also called
- Bass Point Creek High Bridge
FDDM - Bass Point High Bridge
Boone & Scenic Valley High Bridge
FDDM - Boone Viaduct - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.09006, -93.93040 (decimal degrees)
42°05'24" N, 93°55'49" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/423054/4660193 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Boone West
- Elevation
- 156 ft. above sea level
- Inventory number
- BH 43265 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 31, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
- February 11, 2017: Updated by Luke: Added builders + imagery
- December 27, 2015: New photo from Charles Kuehn
- December 23, 2015: New photo from Charles Kuehn
- December 23, 2015: New photo from Lee Smith
- May 31, 2015: New photo from Luke
- November 5, 2014: New photos from Luke
- February 11, 2013: New photo from Luke Harden
- October 29, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
- October 21, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Interurban"
- July 18, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Reverted default image back to a modern image of the bridge.
- July 18, 2012: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
- July 13, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
- April 13, 2012: New photo from Quinn Phelan
- April 11, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad"
- March 23, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railroad"
- October 8, 2011: New photo from Luke Harden
- October 7, 2011: Photo imported by Luke Harden
- February 19, 2010: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added GPS Coordinates
- October 5, 2009: Updated by J.R. Manning: Changed name with a tip o' the hat to Bill Jepsen
- August 23, 2009: Added by Nathan Morton
Related Bridges
- FDDM - Bass Point Creek Trestle (Predecessor)
Sources
- Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- Luke
- Quinn Phelan - qphelan [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Jacob P. Bernard
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Charles Kuehn
- Lee Smith - ljsmith_32 [at] hotmail [dot] com
Comments
How did you get back to the bridge? I assume you had to walk down the tracks....
I can see this bridge from my back deck across the Des Moines River Valley. The span does not go over the Des Moines River itself but rather Bass Point Creek. It is now used on a daily (more on weekends) (during the tourist seeason) by the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad (a tourist line). It is 156 feet high and 754 feet long. However, I have one point of contention and it is rather a big one. I have never heard it referred to as the "Boone Valley High Bridge" and I have lived in my present location for over 20 years. It is known as the "Bass Point High Bridge" but has sort of informally also become know as simply the "Boone and Scenic Valley High Bridge" but never the "Boone Valley High Bridge".
Quite often it is confused with the rather well known Kate Shelley High Bridge which is only a short distance from this bridge. The old Kate Shelly Bridge had recently (withing the last two weeks) been put out of regular service by the Union Pacific and a new span has been built right beside it. Must to the credit of the UP, the old bridge will remain standing (for now, at least) because of its historical significance.
I have much information additional information about this bridge and the other bridges in Boone County as well.
Bill Jepsen
Boone County, Iowa
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ia/boone/boone-valley-high/
My understanding is the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern was taken over by the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad in the 1960's and this line was used for a time in regular freight service after the end of the interuban. The CNW eventually abandoned it before the Boone and Scenic Valley acquired it's stretch of track in the 1980's. So, the CNW could be added to the railroads.