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BH Photo #234683

Overview: Quadrangular lattice truss bridge over Racoon River on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Location: Booneville, Dallas County, Iowa
Status: Replaced by a new bridge on a new alignment. Old bridge confirmed gone
Future prospects: http://boonevillebridge.com/?fbclid=IwAR0Z0p6pcdjCgxQ4HrHiqX...
History: Built 1900, West Approach Rebuilt 2014; Replacement bridge opened on June 30th. Old spans later demolished
Railroads: - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS)
Design: 1-155', 1-150', 1-155', 1-145' Quadrangular Truss
2 Spans trestle
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 155.0 ft.
Total length: 632.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.52245, -93.88963 (decimal degrees)
41°31'21" N, 93°53'23" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/425774/4597138 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Waukee
Inventory number: BH 49366 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

July 22, 2020: Updated by Jason Smith: This bridge has been demolished.
March 3, 2020: New photos from John Marvig
December 18, 2019: Updated by Luke: Currently being replaced
February 23, 2019: Updated by Luke: Doomed
December 2, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
February 23, 2017: New photos from Daniel Barnes
May 15, 2014: New photo from Lee Smith
April 29, 2014: Photo imported by Luke Harden
February 22, 2014: New photo from Jack Schmidt
November 11, 2012: New photos from John Marvig
November 10, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added build date
July 24, 2012: New photos from John Marvig
July 23, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
July 7, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
January 28, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Iowa Interstate Railroad"
August 16, 2011: New photos from Jason Smith
August 16, 2011: Added by Luke Harden

IAIS - Booneville Bridge

Posted July 22, 2020, by Jason Smith (flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com)

Bridgeis confirmed gone by locals. A summary of the bridge demo and new span here: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2020/07/22/his...

IAIS - Booneville Bridge

Posted July 19, 2020, by mc (mculbertson [at] gmail [dot] com)

Passed through the area a week ago (7/12/2020) and only one section of the old bridge was remaining. Likely gone by now.

IAIS - Booneville Bridge

Posted July 15, 2020, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Apparently the new bridge is open. But I still see the old bridge in this news article photo. I was assuming the historic bridge would be demolished, maybe that has yet to occur? https://www.rtands.com/freight/iowa-interstate-railroad-ltd-...