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Barrel View From West

Photo by Joe Elliott, Summer 1995, for HAER

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Barrel View From Mid Span, From East

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Elevation From South

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Elevation From North

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3/4 View From Northwest

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3/4 View, Closeup, From Northwest

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Details Of Bottom Connections, From Underneath

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Elevation Of Truss Panel, From North

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Detail Of Top Connections, From Southeast

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Detail Of Top End Connections, From Northwest

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Detail Of Top End Connections, From Southeast

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Connection Detail, From East

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Northwest Steel Pier, From Northwest

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Northwest Stone Pier From Northeast

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Underside, From West

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Map

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Facts

Overview

Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Little Turkey River on a local road near West Union

Location

Fayette County, Iowa

Status

Replaced by new bridge, old structure may still exist but staus is unknown.

History

Built 1881; replaced 1996

Builder

- Horace E. Horton

Design

Pin-connected Whipple through truss. (Whipple trusses were also called "double-intersected Pratt trusses.)

"[T]he west Auburn Bridge is one of only eight such structures known to exist in Iowa. The bridge has nine panels and is constructed of wrought iron. The truss has a 165' span, with a total bridge length of 181'. The bridge was designed by Horace Horton, an engineer based in Rochester, Minnesota, whose creative bridge designs, particularly for long spans, were well known in the Midwest."

Leslie Pinter, August 1995 for HAER

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 165 ft.
Total length: 181 ft.

Also called

Turkey River Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+43.02500, -91.88611 (decimal degrees)
43°01'30" N, 91°53'10" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/590754/4764192 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

St. Lucas, Iowa UTM: 15.591380.4763020

Inventory number

BH 37326 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

August 28, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources

J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
HAER IA-55 - West Auburn Bridge

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