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Madrid High Bridge

Boone County, Iowa
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Overview
Lost Deck truss bridge over Des Moines River on Railroad
Location
Boone County, Iowa
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1913 as a double track bridge, relegated to single track in 1934, replaced in 1973
Design
Deck truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.86676, -93.86882   (decimal degrees)
41°52'00" N, 93°52'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/427896/4635347 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Granger
Inventory number
BH 52368 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Boone County, Iowa (57)
Built 1913 (515)
Built during 1910s (6,761)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (292)
Deck girder (1,832)
Deck truss (961)
Girder (3,288)
Iowa (3,615)
 Lost (10,495)
Lost 1973 (16)
Lost during 1970s (144)
Plate girder (2,285)
Railroad (4,223)
Replaced by new bridge (7,220)
Truss (23,615)

Update Log 

  • January 2, 2013: New photos from Luke Harden
  • August 21, 2012: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
  • June 24, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added build date
  • May 5, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad"

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Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Jacob P. Bernard - jacob_bernard [at] yahoo [dot] com

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