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Dry Run Creek Bridge

Fayette County, Iowa
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Overview Looking North

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in June 2012

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Facts 

Overview
Bridge over Dry Run Creek on 1st Avenue SW
Location
Oelwein, Fayette County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
Builder
- N.M. Stark & Co. of Des Moines, Iowa
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Span length: 35.1 ft.
Total length: 35.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.67771, -91.91533   (decimal degrees)
42°40'40" N, 91°54'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/588870/4725595 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Colwell
Inventory numbers
IA 8980 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 13461 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2012)
Sufficiency rating: 71.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1981)
1,350

Categories 

Arch (9,419)
Closed-spandrel arch (2,759)
Deck arch (8,700)
Fayette County, Iowa (56)
Iowa (3,503)
N.M. Stark & Co. (18)
 Oelwein, Iowa (4)
Open (28,310)
Owned by city (3,050)
Skewed (4,080)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,053)
Total length 25-50 feet (7,628)

Update Log 

  • June 10, 2012: Updated by J.R. Manning: Corrected GPS Coordinates and added photos
  • June 10, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Minor textual editing.

Sources 

  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Dry Run Creek Bridge
Posted June 10, 2012, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

Nice find! NM Stark was Iowa's most prolific arch builder next to Marsh Engineering Co.