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CN - Maquoketa River Bridge

Dubuque County, Iowa

Photos 

Bridge in 1996

Photo taken by Tim Kiser

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)

BH Photo #237693

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over North Fork Maquoketa River on Railroad
Location
Dyersville, Dubuque County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1969
Railroads
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad (CC)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 81.0 ft.
Total length: 129.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.48592, -91.12562   (decimal degrees)
42°29'09" N, 91°07'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/654047/4705431 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Dyersville West
Inventory number
BH 53197 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (15,716)
Built 1969 (113)
Built during 1960s (2,032)
Canadian National Railway (510)
Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad (90)
Dubuque County, Iowa (113)
Dyersville, Iowa (3)
Girder (10,237)
Illinois Central Railroad (582)
Iowa (6,500)
 Maquoketa River (63)
Open (39,881)
Owned by railroad (12,424)
Plate girder (7,926)
Railroad (15,426)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,431)
Steel stringer (6,222)
Through girder (3,810)
Timber stringer (4,018)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,921)

Update Log 

  • October 7, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
  • December 16, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added build date.
  • August 17, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

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