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Weldon Creek Bridge

Decatur County, Iowa

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Note: The following information comes from the National Bridge Inventory and has not been verified.
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
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 2016)
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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Categories 

Built 1916 (664)
Built during 1910s (9,226)
Decatur County, Iowa (47)
Iowa (6,177)
One-lane traffic (7,532)
Open (38,113)
 Owned by county (19,990)
Pony truss (15,663)
Span length 25-50 feet (14,906)
Total length 50-75 feet (8,960)
Truss (31,114)
Wooden deck (5,992)

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Weldon Creek Bridge
Posted July 26, 2014, by Shaun lewis (lewis80shaun [at] aol [dot] com)

spent many hours at this bridge is my brother and cousins messing around. it's on the north end of my grandparents farm