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Raccoon River Trail Adel Bridge

Dallas County, Iowa
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Photo taken by Jason Smith in August 2011

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Overview
Pratt pony truss bridge over Raccoon River on Racoon River Valley Trail
Location
Adel, Dallas County, Iowa
History
Built 1899 for Milwaukee Road
Builder
- Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois
Design
2-113' Pratt Pony Trusses
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 113.0 ft.
Total length: 415.0 ft.
Also called
Milwaukee Road Bridge
Adel Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.61537, -94.01236   (decimal degrees)
41°36'55" N, 94°00'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/415655/4607567 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Adel
Inventory number
BH 49368 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
6-panel truss (405)
Adel, Iowa (3)
Beam (6,055)
Built 1899 (169)
Built during 1890s (1,556)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (283)
Dallas County, Iowa (24)
Deck girder (1,802)
Des Moines, Adel & Western Railway (1)
Girder (3,241)
Iowa (3,511)
Lassig Bridge & Iron Works (39)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
 Owned by state (9,810)
Pin-connected (1,521)
Plate girder (2,253)
Pony truss (13,217)
Pratt pony truss (2,342)
Pratt truss (5,660)
Raccoon River (60)
Raccoon River Valley Trail (6)
Rail-to-trail (495)
Railroad (4,083)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,300)
Timber stringer (1,860)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)
Truss (23,575)

Update Log 

  • March 16, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Des Moines, Adel & Western Railway"
  • November 11, 2012: New photos from John Marvig
  • November 10, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • August 16, 2011: Updated by Jason Smith: Added more info
  • August 16, 2011: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
  • John Marvig - johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net

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