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RI - South Beaver Creek Bridge #1

Grundy County, Iowa

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over South Beaver Creek on former Rock Island RR
Location
Grundy County, Iowa
Status
Demolished
History
Abandoned and removed ca. 1983
Railroads
- Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway (BCRN)
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Keota Washington Transportation Company (KWTR)
Design
1 - 60' Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Span length: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 60.0 ft.
Also called
RI - Bridge #800
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.44717, -92.95423   (decimal degrees)
42°26'50" N, 92°57'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/503763/4699428 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Wellsburg
Inventory number
BH 67267 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway (164)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (1,111)
Deck girder (5,745)
Girder (10,234)
Grundy County, Iowa (26)
Iowa (6,499)
Keota Washington Transportation Company (18)
Lost (24,738)
 Lost 1983 (106)
Lost during 1980s (1,370)
Owned by railroad (12,423)
Plate girder (7,923)
Railroad (15,414)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,073)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,299)

Update Log 

  • December 9, 2016: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added category "Keota - Washington Transportation Company"
  • April 26, 2015: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added categories "Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad", "railroad"

Sources 

  • Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com

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