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Weldon Creek Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Pony truss bridge over Weldon Creek on CR R58
- Location
- Decatur County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1916
- Design
- Pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 49.9 ft.
Total length: 50.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.87389, -93.67139 (decimal degrees)
40°52'26" N, 93°40'17" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/443427/4524935 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Garden Grove SW
- Land survey
- T. 70 N., R. 24 W., Sec. 7
- Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
- 25
- Inventory numbers
- IA 138490 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 13365 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of November 2018)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 22.2 (out of 100)
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Use caution approaching this bridge. The road is non-gravel and if there has been any rain or snowmelt, you can easily be trapped in mud. Only reason I got out after taking pictures was because I had a 4WD vehicle. It was still a challenge. Beautiful location though.