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Abandoned Mosquito Creek Bridge

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Photo taken by John Marvig in September 2017

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BH Photo #405471

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Description

The 1973 RI track chart lists this bridge as crossing Black Hawk Creek, which flows very close to the bridge, but this particular tributary of Black Hawk Creek is listed as Mosquito Creek by both Google Maps and several topography maps.

Facts

Overview: Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over Mosquito Creek on Abandoned Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Location: Reinbeck, Grundy County, Iowa
Status: Derelict/abandoned
History: Built 1904
Builder: - American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads: - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Keota - Washington Transportation Company (KWTR)
Design: 4 Sp. 40' Deck plate girder
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 160.0 ft.
Also called: RI - Black Hawk Creek Bridge
RI - Br. #601
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.32891, -92.61312 (decimal degrees)
42°19'44" N, 92°36'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/531875/4686368 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Reinbeck
Inventory number: BH 57929 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

October 7, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
December 9, 2016: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added category "Keota - Washington Transportation Company"
November 19, 2016: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added info from RI track chart
September 10, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Corrected Name and added dimensions
September 10, 2013: Added by Dave King

Sources

Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com

RI - Mosquito Creek Bridge