CNW - Clinton Bridge (West Channel)

Photos 

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

BH Photo #252010

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Lost Bollman through truss bridge over Mississippi River on Railroad

Location

Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, and Whiteside County, Illinois

Status

Replaced by a new bridge

History

Built 1865; Approaches reconstructed 1874; Drawspan replaced 1887; Approaches reconstructed again 1898; replaced by a new bridge in 1908

Builders

- American Bridge Works of Chicago, Illinois (1874 Whipple Trusses)
- Detroit Bridge Co. of Detroit, Michigan (1887 Drawspan & 1898 Pratts)

Railroad

- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)

Design

1865:
1 300' Bollman through truss swing span
1 174' Howe through truss
1 128' Howe through truss
1874:
1 300' Bollman through truss swing span
Whipple Trusses replace Howe trusses
1887:
1 Pinned Pratt through truss swing span
1898
Pinned Pratt trusses replace 1874 Whipples.

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 300.0 ft.
Total length: 802.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.83641, -90.18372   (decimal degrees)
41°50'11" N, 90°11'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/733844/4635448 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Clinton

Inventory number

BH 55028 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• September 24, 2018: New photos from Douglas Butler
• January 17, 2018: New photos from Douglas Butler
• March 26, 2015: New photo from Luke
• April 3, 2013: New photo from Luke Harden
• December 28, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

Related Bridges 

• UP - Clinton Bridge (West Channel) (Successor)
• CNW - Clinton Bridge (East Channel) (Same project)
• RCP&E - Whitewood Creek Bridge (Parts reused in)
• RCP&E - Cheyenne River Bridge (Parts reused in)

Sources 

• Luke
• Journal of the Western Society of Engineers, Volume 8 - Info
• City of Fulton - Fulton History - Did You Know? - Info.pdf
• Douglas Butler

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