Rating:
54657
{84}%
3 votes
CNW - North Raccoon River Deck Truss
Description
Build date provided by C&NW bridge records at the Chicago & North Western Railway Historical Society archives
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Lattice deck truss bridge over North Raccoon River on Railroad
- Location
- Greene County, Iowa
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1892; 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
-
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
- March 12, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- 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