Rating:
13578
{92}%
3 votes
Oak Street Bridge (1928)
Photos
Looking West
Photo taken by Quinn Phelan in January 2009
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BH Photo #131433
Facts
- Overview
- Lost deck arch bridge over the Iowa River on Oak St/US 20/US 65
- Location
- Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1928; rehabilitated 1967; Replaced 2010
- Builder
- - Weldon Brothers Construction Co. of Iowa Falls, Iowa
- Design
- Deck arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 234.9 ft.
Total length: 254.9 ft.
Deck width: 62.0 ft.
- Also called
- US 65 Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.51786, -93.26286 (decimal degrees)
42°31'04" N, 93°15'46" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/478408/4707309 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Iowa Falls West
- Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
- 9,300
- Inventory numbers
- IA 27140 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 13578 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of July 2008)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 4 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- September 3, 2018: New photo from David Shedlock
- March 10, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added builder & changed information back to the arch bridge.
- February 19, 2012: Essay added by Quinn Phelan
- August 22, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: added lost date
- July 27, 2011: New Street View added by Jason Smith
- December 30, 2009: Updated by David Backlin: Added contractor
- February 21, 2009: Essay added by Quinn Phelan
- January 6, 2009: New photos from Quinn Phelan
Sources
- Quinn Phelan - qphelan [at] earthlink [dot] net
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
- Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
- Luke
- David Shedlock
Had a chance top see the new bridge and all I can say is: IT'S AWFUL!! Why didn't they just renovate the concrete arch bridge and be done with it? What a waste!