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Facts
- Overview
- Two-span stone arch bridge over Turkey River on Bridge Street in Elkader
- Location
- Elkader, Clayton County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1889; rehabilitated 1973
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 80.1 ft.
Total length: 189.0 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.85486, -91.40404 (decimal degrees)
42°51'17" N, 91°24'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/630391/4745932 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Elkader
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 76000747 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 13180 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 12/2008)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 2.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
- 5,100
Update Log
- August 2, 2010: New Street View added by Jason Smith
- June 16, 2008: New photos from Historic American Engineering Record
Sources
- HAER IA-47 - Elkader Bridge
- Historic American Engineering Record
- Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net