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Hardin City Bridge (Original Location)

Hardin County, Iowa

Photo 

Hardin City Bridge

The Courier: January 2 1983

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BH Photo #476584

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Iowa River on 170th Street
Location
Hardin City, Hardin County, Iowa
Status
Replaced by a new bridge and relocated
History
Built 1879; Replaced 1989 and relocated to a field
Builder
- Western Bridge Works of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Design
Whipple through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.44446, -93.12576   (decimal degrees)
42°26'40" N, 93°07'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/489657/4699133 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Owasa
Inventory number
BH 73043 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,562)
Built 1879 (95)
Built during 1870s (1,108)
Hardin City, Iowa (1)
Hardin County, Iowa (86)
Iowa (6,497)
Lost (24,723)
Lost 1989 (181)
 Lost during 1980s (1,370)
Owned by county (20,782)
Replaced by new bridge (16,572)
Through truss (15,056)
Truss (32,776)
Western Bridge Works (8)
Whipple truss (386)

Update Log 

  • July 20, 2020: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch

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Sources 

  • Luke
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com

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