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CN - Malone Creek Concrete Arch

Buchanan County, Iowa

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Photo taken by Dylan VanAntwerp in May 2013

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BH Photo #255762

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Overview
Concrete arch bridge over intermitent tributary of Malone Creek on Canadian National Railway
Location
Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1911
Railroads
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad (CC)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Span length: 8.0 ft.
Total length: 8.0 ft.
Deck width: 27.0 ft.
Also called
First Culvert
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.47874, -91.88042   (decimal degrees)
42°28'43" N, 91°52'50" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/592022/4703539 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Independence
Inventory number
BH 56518 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,094)
Buchanan County, Iowa (98)
Built 1911 (786)
Built during 1910s (9,632)
Canadian National Railway (510)
Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad (90)
Closed-spandrel arch (3,989)
Deck arch (11,332)
 Illinois Central Railroad (582)
Independence, Iowa (18)
Iowa (6,496)
Open (39,880)
Owned by railroad (12,415)
Railroad (15,408)
Span length under 25 feet (6,892)
Total length under 25 feet (2,494)

Update Log 

  • June 8, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Added date and dimensions
  • June 8, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added categories "Canadian National Railway", "railroad", "Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad", "Illinois Central Railroad"

Sources 

  • Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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