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Greene Bridge

Butler County, Iowa
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Side view

These black-and-white photos from the Historic American Engineering Record show the bridge before it was demolished [HAER photos taken 1980 by Robert Ryan and Martha Bowers]

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Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Shell Rock River on Traer Street in downtown Greene
Location
Butler County, Iowa
Status
Replaced by modern bridge
History
Built 1902-03 by the Clinton Bridge & Iron Works; demolished April 1981
Builder
- Clinton Bridge & Iron Works of Clinton, Iowa
Design
Pin-connected, 14-panel Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 249.8 ft.
Deck width: 21.0 ft.
Also called
Traer Street Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.89541, -92.80275   (decimal degrees)
42°53'43" N, 92°48'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/516104/4749219 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Greene
Inventory number
BH 12979 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

14-panel truss (11)
Built 1903 (269)
Built during 1900s (4,268)
Butler County, Iowa (27)
Clinton Bridge & Iron Works (33)
HAER documented (784)
Iowa (3,610)
 Lost (10,491)
Pennsylvania truss (307)
Pin-connected (1,568)
Shell Rock River (35)
Through truss (9,252)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,806)
Truss (23,613)

Update Log 

  • March 2, 2013: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • October 11, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Shell Rock River"
  • April 16, 2010: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added GPS Coordinates
  • January 9, 2006: Posted photos from Jason Smith and HAER

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
  • HAER IA-9 - Traer Street Bridge
  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net

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