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Skunk River Bridge
Photo
The bridge this entry is for is behind the bridge in the foreground
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
BH Photo #339315
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Skunk River on Road
- Location
- Des Moines County, Iowa, and Lee County, Iowa
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1888; Removed ?
- Builder
- - James B. Diver Bridge Co. of Keokuk, Iowa
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.72453, -91.20879 (decimal degrees)
40°43'28" N, 91°12'32" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/651272/4509721 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Dallas City
- Inventory number
- BH 69250 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- Luke
- Historic Map Works - Green Bay Township, Cedar Township From Lee County, 1916. Published by Geo A. Ogle & Co.
- University of Iowa Library - Plat Book of Des Moines County, Iowa - Union Township
- Engineering News & American Railway Journal, Volume 20 - Book
© Copyright 2002-20, James Baughn and contributors.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ia/des-moines/skunk-river/
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ia/des-moines/skunk-river/
This page is for the road bridge adjacent to the railroad bridge, and the build date/builder come from a trade magazine article you can find linked below in the sources section, as well as maps.
The page for the railroad bridge is: https://bridgehunter.com/ia/des-moines/bh72509/