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Nishnabotna River Bridge

Cass County, Iowa

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Nishnabotna River on Fair River Road
Location
Cass County, Iowa
Status
No longer exists
History
Built ca.1900
Design
Looks like a pin-connected Pratt through truss with 9 panels
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 200.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 9.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.43500, -94.99459   (decimal degrees)
41°26'06" N, 94°59'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/333355/4588968 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Wiota
Land survey
T. 77 N., R. 36 W., Sec. 28
Inventory numbers
IA 101100 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 13030 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

A-frame portal (420)
Built during 1900s (7,224)
Cass County, Iowa (60)
Iowa (6,497)
Lost (24,727)
Nishnabotna River (72)
One-lane traffic (7,606)
Owned by county (20,784)
 Pratt through truss (5,389)
Pratt truss (9,296)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,220)
Structurally deficient (14,204)
Through truss (15,059)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,265)
Truss (32,780)
Wooden deck (6,069)

Update Log 

  • April 7, 2016: Updated by Jason Smith: This bridge has been removed
  • July 1, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "A-frame portal"
  • July 1, 2013: Updated by Tony Dillon: Changed from pony to through truss.
  • April 28, 2010: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added Road Name

Sources 

  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • Luke
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
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Nishnabotna River Bridge
Posted July 1, 2013, by Dave Darby (dwdarby [at] aol [dot] com)

If you look at this bridge in Birds Eye view on Bing maps, you can see barricades. So definitely closed to traffic. Also, with the wooden deck, I would question it being built in 1941. It looks late 1800s to me. I will be down that way soon, and will try to get a closer look, and some photos of it, and then I will report back