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M&STL Winnebago River Bridge

Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
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M&STL Winnebago River Bridge

Photo taken by John Marvig in February 2012

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Overview
Abandoned warren deck truss bridge over Winnebago River on Abandoned CNW
Location
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Status
Abandoned
Design
Warren deck truss (with verticals) with Deck Plate Girder and Trestle approaches
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 130.0 ft.
Total length: 208.0 ft.
Also called
M&STL Bridge #63
Iowa Central Winnebago River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.19490, -93.20166   (decimal degrees)
43°11'42" N, 93°12'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/483615/4782478 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Mason City
Inventory number
BH 51223 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (1,394)
Beam (6,157)
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa (57)
Chicago & North Western Railway (492)
Deck girder (1,832)
Deck truss (961)
Girder (3,288)
Iowa (3,615)
Iowa Central Railway (4)
Mason City, Iowa (14)
 Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway (82)
Plate girder (2,285)
Railroad (4,223)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,966)
Timber stringer (1,894)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,806)
Truss (23,615)
Warren deck truss (343)
Warren deck truss with all verticals (32)
Warren truss (3,959)

Update Log 

  • October 11, 2012: Updated by Jason Smith: Added information on the bridge
  • August 9, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
  • April 25, 2012: New photo from John Marvig
  • April 5, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Iowa Central Railway"
  • March 23, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Chicago & North Western Railway"
  • February 7, 2012: Added by John Marvig

Sources 

  • John Marvig - johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net
  • Postcard
  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
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M&STL Winnebago River Bridge
Posted April 25, 2012, by John Marvig (johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net)

Since I do not know the bridge build date, but assume 1901, it would have been built by M&STL when Iowa Central was a subsidiary before merging completely...

M&STL Winnebago River Bridge
Posted March 23, 2012, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

According to the postcard in the link, the Iowa Central was using the bridge (the M&StL bought the Iowa Central), so could it be that the Iowa Central built this bridge?