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UP Winnebago River Bridge

Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
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Photo taken by Flickr user RLB1993

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Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Winnebago River on Railroad
Location
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1956 replacing a 4 short span deck plate girder
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Design
2 Span Deck plate girder with ballasted trestle approaches
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 98.0 ft.
Total length: 296.0 ft.
Also called
CGW Winnebago River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.19442, -93.20529   (decimal degrees)
43°11'40" N, 93°12'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/483320/4782425 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 53835 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (522)
Beam (6,661)
Built 1956 (199)
Built during 1950s (2,461)
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa (61)
Chicago & North Western Railway (585)
Chicago Great Western Railway (106)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (430)
Deck girder (2,164)
Girder (3,938)
Iowa (4,051)
 Open (29,399)
Owned by railroad (4,898)
Plate girder (2,823)
Railroad (5,580)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,834)
Timber stringer (2,006)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,495)
Union Pacific Railroad (994)
Winnebago River (21)
Wooden deck (5,493)

Update Log 

  • April 30, 2013: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • October 6, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • October 6, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • John Marvig - johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net

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