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DM&E Shell Rock River Bridge

Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
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Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Shell Rock River on IC&E Railroad
Location
Plymouth, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1909 by American Bridge Company, approach rebuilt ca. 2010
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 70.0 ft.
Total length: 160.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.24794, -93.11892   (decimal degrees)
43°14'53" N, 93°07'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/490346/4788355 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Nora Springs
Inventory number
BH 51267 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (6,048)
Built 1909 (474)
Built during 1900s (4,247)
Canadian Pacific Railway (237)
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa (56)
Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad (178)
Deck girder (1,802)
Girder (3,239)
Iowa (3,506)
Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (133)
 Open (28,314)
Owned by railroad (4,046)
Plate girder (2,251)
Plymouth, Iowa (2)
Railroad (4,075)
Shell Rock River (34)
Span length 50-75 feet (6,996)
Steel stringer (2,325)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,137)

Update Log 

  • February 12, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Iowa, Chicago, and Eastern Railroad", "Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern Railroad", "Canadian Pacific Railway"
  • February 11, 2012: Added by John Marvig

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