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Briggs Woods Bridge

Hamilton County, Iowa
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Photo taken by Bill Dunbar

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Overview
Deck truss bridge over Boone River on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
Design
1-60' Deck Plate Girder
1-128' Double-intersection Warren deck truss
1-50' Deck Plate Girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 128.0 ft.
Total length: 238.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.44234, -93.79412   (decimal degrees)
42°26'32" N, 93°47'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/434690/4699196 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Webster City
Inventory number
BH 49223 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Deck girder (1,800)
Deck truss (953)
Double-intersection Warren deck truss (15)
Double-intersection Warren truss (220)
Girder (3,236)
Hamilton County, Iowa (27)
Iowa (3,501)
Open (28,308)
 Owned by railroad (4,039)
Plate girder (2,250)
Railroad (4,070)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,954)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,789)
Truss (23,567)
Union Pacific Railroad (793)
Webster City, Iowa (12)

Update Log 

  • September 17, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added Webster City to city section as the the northern ind of the bridge is RIGHT on the outskirts of Webster City
  • July 19, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added dimensions
  • July 27, 2011: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • John Marvig - johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net

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