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Gilbert Street Bridge

Floyd County, Iowa
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Side view of the bridge

Both photos were taken from the frozen Cedar River. JS

Photo taken by Jason and Birgit Smith in December 2007

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Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Shermans Creek on Gilbert Street in Charles City
Location
Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa
Status
Open
History
Built 1914
Design
Closed-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions
Span length: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 40.0 ft.
Deck width: 38.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.06747, -92.68756   (decimal degrees)
43°04'03" N, 92°41'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/525438/4768354 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Charles City
Inventory numbers
IA 24960 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 13505 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2010)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 86.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
5,500

Categories 

Arch (9,418)
Built 1914 (532)
Built during 1910s (6,729)
Charles City, Iowa (7)
Closed-spandrel arch (2,754)
Concrete balustrade (424)
Deck arch (8,695)
Floyd County, Iowa (38)
 Have street view (9,883)
Iowa (3,495)
Open (28,302)
Owned by city (3,048)
Skewed (4,080)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,048)
Total length 25-50 feet (7,625)

Update Log 

  • October 17, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • December 12, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: Fixed info
  • July 20, 2011: New Street View added by Jason Smith
  • August 21, 2008: Updated by Jason Smith
  • February 6, 2008: New photos from Jason Smith

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Flickr - "HDR" picture from 2010
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Gilbert Street Bridge
Posted December 12, 2011, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

I added a flickr link that showed it was extant in 2010.

Gilbert Street Bridge
Posted December 11, 2011, by Eric Merrill (emerrill87 [at] gmail [dot] com)

This bridge was never demolished. It is still currently there.