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Flint River Trail Bridge

Des Moines County, Iowa
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Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Flint River on Flint River Trail
Location
Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Abandoned in the 1980s, Converted to trail use in 2009
Builder
- M & H Construction of Burlington, Iowa (Constructed trail deck)
Design
Deck plate girder
Also called
Flint River Railroad Bridge
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)
USGS topographic map
Burlington
Inventory number
BH 53268 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Burlington, Iowa (7)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (335)
Deck girder (1,795)
Des Moines County, Iowa (38)
Flint River (Iowa) (5)
Girder (3,227)
Iowa (3,491)
 M & H Construction (1)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
Owned by city (3,044)
Plate girder (2,242)
Rail-to-trail (492)
Railroad (4,054)

Update Log 

  • 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"

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Flint River Railroad Bridge in Burlington
Posted August 27, 2012, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

This was actually reused on a trail.