IANR Hawkeye Avenue Overpass

Photos 

North portal

Photo taken by Jason & Birgit Smith

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Stone arch bridge over Hawkeye Avenue on the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad at Nora Springs

Location

Nora Springs, Floyd County, Iowa

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1889

Builder

- F.A. MacDonald (Assistant Engineer)

Design

Stone arch main span with Stone Box pedestrian portals

Dimensions

Span length: 28.0 ft.
Total length: 28.0 ft.

Also called

Gaylord Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+43.13733, -93.00953   (decimal degrees)
43°08'14" N, 93°00'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/499224/4776065 (zone/easting/northing)

Land survey

T. 96 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 18 (Rock Grove Township)

USGS topographic map

Nora Springs

Inventory numbers

IA 8720 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 13507 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• May 1, 2013: Photo imported by Luke Harden
• February 13, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
• February 10, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Iowa, Chicago, and Eastern Railroad", "Canadian Pacific Railway", "Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern Railroad", "Iowa Northern Railroad"
• December 19, 2005: Posted photos from Jason & Birgit Smith

Sources 

• Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
• John Marvig - johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net

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