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IARR Iowa River Bridge #2

Hardin County, Iowa
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Overview
Baltimore Through truss bridge over Iowa River on Abandoned IRR Railroad
Location
Hardin County, Iowa
Status
Derelict/abandoned
Design
Baltimore through truss with wooden trestle approaches
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 140.0 ft.
Total length: 260.0 ft.
Also called
M&StL Bridge #258
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.23227, -93.04477   (decimal degrees)
42°13'56" N, 93°02'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/496305/4675566 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Union
Inventory number
BH 51824 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

6-panel truss (409)
A-frame portal (246)
Abandoned (1,394)
Baltimore through truss (149)
Baltimore truss (163)
Beam (6,157)
Chicago & North Western Railway (492)
Hardin County, Iowa (37)
Iowa (3,615)
Iowa River (64)
 Iowa River Railroad (5)
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway (82)
Owned by railroad (4,120)
Pin-connected (1,568)
Railroad (4,223)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,966)
Through truss (9,254)
Timber stringer (1,894)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,382)
Truss (23,615)

Update Log 

  • December 4, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • December 4, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added truss type.
  • March 26, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Chicago & North Western Railway", "Iowa River Railroad"
  • March 23, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Iowa River", "Railroad", "Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway", "Canadian National Railway"

Sources 

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

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