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MILW Pile-Pontoon Bridge

Clayton County, Iowa
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Overview
Lost Pontoon bridge over Mississippi River on railroad
Location
Marquette, Clayton County, Iowa
Status
Lost
History
Built 1874, Rebuilt several times, Diassembled 1961
Design
Pontoon
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.04503, -91.18005   (decimal degrees)
43°02'42" N, 91°10'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/648234/4767422 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Prairie Du Chien
Inventory number
BH 51377 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,821)
Built 1874 (40)
Built during 1870s (544)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (283)
Clayton County, Iowa (72)
Floating (14)
Iowa (3,504)
Lattice through truss (198)
Lattice truss (265)
Lost (10,362)
Lost 1961 (13)
 Lost during 1960s (129)
Marquette, Iowa (6)
Mississippi River (155)
Pontoon (14)
Pony truss (13,217)
Railroad (4,070)
Through truss (9,207)
Truss (23,571)
Warren pony truss (1,987)
Warren truss (3,959)

Update Log 

  • March 2, 2013: New photos from Luke Harden
  • February 21, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Mississippi River"

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