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UP - East Branch Boyer River Bridge

Crawford County, Iowa

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Photo provided by Hank Zaletel

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Overview
Quadrangular Lattice Through Truss Bridge over Boyer River on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Denison, Crawford County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1902
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Quadrangular lattice through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 120.0 ft.
Total length: 170.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.00934, -95.36016   (decimal degrees)
42°00'34" N, 95°21'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/304559/4653507 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Denison
Inventory number
BH 49591 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

A-frame portal (408)
American Bridge Co. (1,301)
Boyer River (34)
Built 1902 (449)
Built during 1900s (6,559)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,232)
Crawford County, Iowa (82)
Denison, Iowa (4)
Double-barreled (71)
Girder (8,713)
Have street view (24,322)
Iowa (6,027)
Lattice through truss (474)
Lattice truss (506)
 M-frame portal (81)
Open (37,745)
Owned by railroad (10,648)
Plate girder (6,658)
Quadrangular lattice through truss (163)
Railroad (14,001)
Riveted (1,984)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,140)
Through girder (3,225)
Through truss (13,350)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,457)
Truss (30,171)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,102)

Update Log 

  • October 19, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
  • October 18, 2015: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • October 2, 2014: New photo from Luke
  • November 10, 2013: New Street View added by Luke Harden
  • November 9, 2013: New Street View added by Luke Harden
  • March 31, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Changed this entry from a redundant entry to a completely new entry for an unlisted bridge.
  • September 12, 2011: Updated by Jason Smith: Bridge is a Warren through truss

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • Luke
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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