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"Flying" Bridge

Chickasaw County, Iowa
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Photo taken by Quinn Phelan in March 2010

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Description 

Built across the Wapsipinicon River at Otterville in Buchanan County in 1876. It was air lifted into Fredericksburg in December 1998 by a Chinook Helicopter by the Iowa Army National Guard as an operational training mission.

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Plum Creek on Plum Creek Bike & Nature Trail
Location
Fredericksburg, Chickasaw County, Iowa
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1876 in Otterville, IA. Moved to Fredericksburg, IA in 1998.
Builder
- Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design
Cast- and wrought-iron, 6-panel, pin-connected, Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 96.0 ft.
Total length: 96.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Otterville Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.96445, -92.21000   (decimal degrees)
42°57'52" N, 92°12'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/564428/4757169 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Fredericksburg
Inventory number
BH 44299 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
6-panel truss (405)
Built 1876 (64)
Built during 1870s (545)
Cast iron (52)
Chickasaw County, Iowa (13)
Fredericksburg, Iowa (1)
Iowa (3,507)
NR-listed (2,354)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
Owned by city (3,052)
 Pin-connected (1,521)
Pratt through truss (3,166)
Pratt truss (5,660)
Relocated (365)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,718)
Through truss (9,210)
Total length 75-100 feet (4,795)
Truss (23,574)
Wrought Iron Bridge Co. (195)
Wrought iron (225)

Update Log 

  • March 30, 2013: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added builder
  • May 3, 2010: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added GPS Coordinates per To-Do List
  • March 2, 2010: Added by Quinn Phelan

Sources 

  • Quinn Phelan - qphelan [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
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"Flying" Bridge
Posted March 30, 2013, by Tommy Staley (allodial2 [at] aol [dot] com)

Does anybody know what the original cost of this bridge might have been? Thanks, Tommy Staley 972-603-8647