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Jefferson Trail Bridge

Greene County, Iowa
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Jefferson Trail Bridge

Looking South

Photo taken by John Marvig in March 2013

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Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Raccoon River on Raccoon River Trail
Location
Greene County, Iowa
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1902
Builder
- Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design
Pratt through truss with 2 Deck Plate Girder Approaches and Trestle
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 113.0 ft.
Total length: 580.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.98445, -94.35472   (decimal degrees)
41°59'04" N, 94°21'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/387776/4648937 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Cooper
Inventory number
BH 52431 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

5-panel truss (374)
Beam (6,048)
Built 1902 (244)
Built during 1900s (4,247)
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. (7)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (283)
Deck girder (1,801)
Girder (3,238)
Greene County, Iowa (21)
Iowa (3,506)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
Owned by county (16,489)
Pin-connected (1,521)
Plate girder (2,251)
 Pratt through truss (3,166)
Pratt truss (5,660)
Raccoon River (60)
Raccoon River Valley Trail (6)
Rail-to-trail (494)
Railroad (4,070)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,299)
Through truss (9,209)
Timber stringer (1,859)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,805)
Truss (23,573)
Wooden deck (5,398)
X-Frame Portal (9)

Update Log 

  • March 26, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • August 9, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Railroad"
  • May 11, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Image - During a special event in which they allowed a light tractor to cross the bridge with a trailer of people
  • Image
  • John Marvig - johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net

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