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Main Street Bridge (Old)

Floyd County, Iowa
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Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over Cedar River on Main Street
Location
Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa
Status
Destroyed by collision
History
Built 1870
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.06613, -92.68000   (decimal degrees)
43°03'58" N, 92°40'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/526054/4768207 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Charles City
Inventory number
BH 51409 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,817)
Built 1870 (62)
Built during 1870s (544)
Cedar River (Minnesota-Iowa) (80)
Charles City, Iowa (7)
Destroyed by collision (11)
Destroyed by ice jam (2)
 Floyd County, Iowa (38)
Iowa (3,495)
Lost (10,353)
Pratt through truss (3,162)
Pratt truss (5,654)
Through truss (9,202)
Truss (23,562)

Update Log 

  • February 23, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Cedar River (Iowa)"

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  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Postcard
  • Postcard - Just before the bridge broke

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