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Photo taken by Jason Smith

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Thunder Bridge

Kind of a Spencer landmark. It's a 'through truss bridge' built in 1905. Wonder how many times I have driven over this bridge. Lots. Remember trying to catch salamanders under it. Didn't catch anything. Also tried fishing here once but no luck. Found lots of empty beer cans.

Video posted by Steve Johnston

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over Little Sioux River on 355th Street (Thunder Bridge Road) just off 4th Street in Spencer
Location: Spencer, Clay County, Iowa
Status: Open to one-lane traffic
History: Built 1905
Design: Pin-connected, 10-panel Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions: Total length: 180.5 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +43.14287, -95.17300 (decimal degrees)
43°08'34" N, 95°10'23" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/323290/4778972 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Spencer
Inventory number: BH 13168 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

July 24, 2013: New video from Steve Johnston
October 11, 2012: Updated by Jason Smith: Added categories "Wooden deck", "A-frame portal"
August 31, 2011: New photos from Jason Smith
May 16, 2011: New photos from James Baughn
July 31, 2010: New Street View added by Jason Smith
October 10, 2005: Posted photos from Jason Smith

Sources

Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
Flickr - HDR
Steve Johnston