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CNW - North Raccoon River Bridge
Photo
Photo taken by Hank Zaletel
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
BH Photo #310330
Description
Build date provided by C&NW bridge records at the Chicago & North Western Railway Historical Society archivesFacts
- Overview
- Lost Lattice deck truss bridge over North Raccoon River on Railroad
- Location
- Greene County, Iowa
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1893; Replaced 1929
- Builder
- - Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois
- Railroad
- - Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Design
- 2 Span Stone Arch
140' Lattice deck truss
140' Lattice deck truss
150' Lattice deck truss
2 Span Stone Arch - Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 140.0 ft.
Total length: 548.0 ft.
- Also called
- C&NW Bridge #744
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.01716, -94.43187 (decimal degrees)
42°01'02" N, 94°25'55" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/381446/4652673 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Jefferson West
- Inventory number
- BH 54657 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 13, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added builder
- December 25, 2014: New photo from Luke
- March 26, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
- December 10, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added build date
- November 28, 2012: Added by Luke Harden
Related Bridges
- UP - North Raccoon River Bridge (Successor)
Sources
- Luke
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Here’s another picture of this bridge that I thought would be good to have on here.