Rating:
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Oak Street Bridge (1928)

Hardin County, Iowa

Photos 

Looking West

Photo taken by Quinn Phelan in January 2009

Enlarge

BH Photo #131433

Map 

Street View 

History Link 

National Parks Service Web Site

For a nice history of this bridge, go here...

http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/hardin/ibr.htm

Replacement bridge construction link

Iowa DOT

Here is the Iowa DOT link with construction documents and progress photos...

http://www.ucs.iastate.edu/mnet/_repository/2011/structural/...

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
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)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,649)
Built 1928 (1,220)
Built during 1920s (10,254)
Deck arch (11,886)
Formerly NR-listed (149)
Hardin County, Iowa (89)
Have street view (28,872)
Iowa (6,789)
Iowa Falls, Iowa (25)
Iowa River (138)
Jefferson Highway (49)
 Lost (28,368)
Lost 2010 (488)
Lost during 2010s (3,599)
Owned by state (16,547)
Replaced by new bridge (19,292)
Skewed (5,012)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,058)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,504)
US 65 (53)
Weldon Brothers Construction Co. (11)

Update Log 

  • December 1, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • 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

Related Bridges 

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
  • Geoff Hubbs
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Comments 

Iowa River US 65 Bridge
Posted February 28, 2012, by Jason Smith (JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net)

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!

Iowa River US 65 Bridge
Posted June 25, 2009, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

I can't believe this - I drove my car over this bridge a few years ago and had no idea what was underneath!

Iowa River US 65 Bridge
Posted June 24, 2009, by Nathan Holth

According to a June 23rd 2009 communication with Iowa Department of Transportation, this bridge is to be demolished and replaced with a steel through arch "soon".