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Dry Run Creek Bridge

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Overview Looking North

This is the only guardrail for this bridge.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning

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Description 

There is only one parapet wall on this bridge, on the northeast side. The creek it spans continues in a southwesterly direction and continues beneath buildings and tracks that used to be part of the Chicago Great Western Railroad. The southwestern side of the bridge is a building that used to be the operations center for the CGW Railroad yard and today houses the Hub City Railway Museum.

Facts 

Overview
Culvert bridge over Dry Run Creek on 2nd Ave Sw
Location
Oelwein, Fayette County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
Design
Culvert
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 11.2 ft.
Total length: 24.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.67722, -91.91639   (decimal degrees)
42°40'38" N, 91°54'59" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/588784/4725541 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Oelwein
Inventory numbers
IA 8975 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 52661 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2012)
Sufficiency rating: 66.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
830

Categories 

Culvert (395)
Fayette County, Iowa (59)
Iowa (3,622)
NR-eligible (3,751)
Oelwein, Iowa (4)
Open (28,458)
Owned by city (3,091)
Span length under 25 feet (4,112)
Total length under 25 feet (1,414)

Update Log 

  • June 13, 2012: Added by J.R. Manning

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