Flint River Trail - Flint River Bridge

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in October 2015

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BH Photo #339370

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Deck plate girder bridge over Flint River on Flint River Trail

Location

Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa

Status

Open to pedestrians only

History

Converted to trail use in 2009

Builder

- M & H Construction of Burlington, Iowa (Constructed Trail Deck)

Railroads

- Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway (BCRN)
- Burlington, Muscatine & Northwestern Railway (BM&NW)
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Muscatine, Burlington, & Southern Railroad (MB&S)
- Rail-to-trail

Design

Deck plate girder

Also called

RI - Flint River Bridge
RI Bridge #535

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.83463, -91.10465   (decimal degrees)
40°50'05" N, 91°06'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/659804/4522128 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Burlington

Inventory number

BH 53268 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• October 13, 2015: New photos from Steve Conro
• March 17, 2014: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added category "Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway"
• January 1, 2014: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: edited info
• October 19, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added # of spans
• October 8, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added alt name
• August 27, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Updated info; Bridge was reused in 09 on a trail
• August 27, 2012: Updated by Don Morrison: Added category "Railroad"

Sources 

• Don Morrison
• Luke
• Flint River Trail - Flint River Trail Progress - Bridge Construction.pdf
• Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com
• Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com

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