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D&W Charles Street Overpass

Fayette County, Iowa
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Overview Looking East

In the heyday of the Chicago Great Western Railway, Oelwein was the hub for the three major routes of the railroad. A rail yard was located on this bridge and to either side. The CGW shops were located just south of this location, one of the largest rail shops in the United States at the time of its construction in 1899. Numerous tracks were here, and this subway provided a method of passing beneath the myriad of tracks that served the facility. (Auto buffs will know that Walter P. Chrysler was a supervisor in the CGW shops from 1905 to 1909.)

Photo taken by J.R. Manning

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Overview
Concrete stringer bridge over Charles Street on D&W Railroad, formerly CGW
Location
Oelwein, Fayette County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built ca. 1899
Design
Concrete stringer
Dimensions
Span length: 18.0 ft.
Total length: 18.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.67836, -91.91867   (decimal degrees)
42°40'42" N, 91°55'07" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/588596/4725665 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Oelwein
Inventory numbers
IA 8940 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 52674 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/1997)
Average daily traffic (as of 1993)
2,880

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Beam (6,055)
Built during 1890s (1,556)
Chicago Great Western Railway (87)
Concrete stringer (271)
D&W Railroad (5)
Fayette County, Iowa (56)
Iowa (3,511)
 Oelwein, Iowa (4)
Open (28,320)
Owned by railroad (4,052)
Railroad (4,083)
Skewed (4,080)
Span length under 25 feet (4,084)
Total length under 25 feet (1,403)

Update Log 

  • March 5, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Merged NBI info & added categories.
  • June 16, 2012: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com

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