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RRVT - Old G Avenue Bridge
Photos
Photo taken by Dave Darby
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
View this photo at public.fotki.com
BH Photo #249405
Facts
- Overview
- Deck plate girder bridge over Former G Avenue and Unnamed Creek on Raccoon River Valley Trail
- Location
- Dallas County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- Railroads
- - Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW; CMStP&P; CMStP)
- Rail-to-trail
- Design
- Deck plate girder
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 35.0 ft.
Total length: 70.0 ft.
- Also called
- MILW Bridge #Y-72
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.59720, -94.16571 (decimal degrees)
41°35'50" N, 94°09'57" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/402851/4605711 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Redfield
- Inventory number
- BH 55609 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 2, 2018: New photos from John Marvig
- April 29, 2014: New Street View added by Luke Harden
- February 21, 2013: Added by Luke Harden
Sources
- Luke
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
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This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ia/dallas/bh55609/
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ia/dallas/bh55609/
Visited this bridge today. It is apparent that this is an early deck girder span, however it has been heavily modified and a second set of girders added to “double up” the structure. Based on the railroad, the late 1910s substructures and the very early girders, it is also likely it was relocated to this location. The structure also bears some resemblance to this structure, which was built in 1879 (confirmed by railroad documents):
http://bridgehunter.com/mn/fillmore/bh36297/
Further research will be conducted. Unfortunately, this bridge was demoted as a Y-series bridge, which the Milwaukee Road Archives has had little to no luck on finding information.