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UP Mississippi River Bridge (Clinton, West Channel)

Clinton County, Iowa, and Whiteside County, Illinois
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UP RR Bridge and US 30 Highway Bridge

Coal Train on RR Bridge

Photo taken by Ed Ahlf in December 2011

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Description 

Western span of three separate bridges at this river crossing. Spans from Iowa to Little Rock Island (Illinois) in the Mississippi River. Vintage picture of this bridge in original Lyons-Fulton pics.

Facts 

Overview
Through truss swing bridge over Mississippi River on Union Pacific RR (formerly Chicago & North Western RR)
Location
Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, and Whiteside County, Illinois
Future prospects
Scheduled for demolition and replacement by 2018. Plan is to raise the current grade so new bridge won't need an moveable span to accommodate barge traffic.
History
Swing span dated 1909, Builder plaque on approach reads 1908.
Builder
- Pennsylvania Steel Co. of Steelton, Pennsylvania
Design
450' Baltimore Through Truss Swing Span with a 52' Deck Plate Girder approach with a 180' Parker Through Truss and 150' Quadrangular Through Truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 450.0 ft.
Total length: 832.0 ft.
Also called
CNW Mississippi River Bridge (Clinton, West Channel)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.83642, -90.18396   (decimal degrees)
41°50'11" N, 90°11'02" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/733824/4635448 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Clinton
Inventory number
BH 48602 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

A-frame portal (232)
Baltimore through truss (148)
Baltimore truss (162)
Built 1909 (473)
Built during 1900s (4,243)
Canadian Pacific Railway (237)
Chicago & North Western Railway (470)
Clinton County, Iowa (37)
Clinton, Iowa (10)
Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad (178)
Doomed (786)
Have street view (9,883)
Illinois (2,499)
Iowa (3,495)
Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (133)
Lattice through truss (198)
Lattice truss (265)
M-frame portal (30)
 Mississippi River (155)
Movable (1,355)
Navigable waterway (1,448)
Open (28,302)
Owned by railroad (4,037)
Parker through truss (945)
Parker truss (1,265)
Pennsylvania Steel Co. (33)
Quadrangular lattice through truss (80)
Railroad (4,068)
Span length 250-500 feet (863)
State line crossing (513)
Swing (534)
Through truss (9,202)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,803)
Truss (23,562)
Union Pacific Railroad (793)
Whiteside County, Illinois (23)

Update Log 

  • December 28, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • August 12, 2012: New photos from Steve Conro
  • August 11, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Altered name, changed spans (separate of 3 bridges) Swing Span
  • July 26, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Corrected number of spans, there are 10 Spans in total.
  • January 15, 2012: New photo from Ed Ahlf
  • October 18, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: Added builder
  • October 10, 2011: New Street View added by Ben Tate
  • October 10, 2011: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is now doomed.
  • April 12, 2011: Added by Frank Hicks

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UPRR Clinton West Channel Bridge
Posted August 11, 2012, by Steve Conro (sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com)

On field visit to photo we spoke to the very nice bridge tender who allowed us access and told us bridge will be replaced in 6 years. She said preliminary bids are $200,000,000.