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UP - Boyer River Bridge (Near Missouri Valley)

Harrison County, Iowa

Photos 

Photo taken by Bradley J. Grefe

View this photo on Flickr

BH Photo #248541

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Quadrangular Lattice Through truss bridge over Boyer River on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
Builder
- Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois
Railroads
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Quadrangular Warren through truss bridge
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 160.0 ft.
Total length: 184.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.52334, -95.89767   (decimal degrees)
41°31'24" N, 95°53'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/258226/4600909 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Missouri Valley
Inventory number
BH 49678 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,635)
Boyer River (36)
Built 1899 (400)
Built during 1890s (2,997)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,408)
Concrete girder (1,006)
Deck girder (5,783)
Girder (10,307)
Harrison County, Iowa (78)
Iowa (6,530)
Lassig Bridge & Iron Works (220)
Lattice through truss (562)
Lattice truss (594)
 M-frame portal (84)
Missouri Valley, Iowa (3)
Open (39,995)
Owned by railroad (12,508)
Quadrangular lattice through truss (181)
Railroad (15,615)
Riveted (2,187)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,237)
Through truss (15,210)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,288)
Truss (33,007)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,377)

Update Log 

  • June 19, 2017: Updated by Dave King: Added category "M-frame portal"
  • October 19, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
  • October 18, 2015: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • February 11, 2013: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • December 3, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • October 14, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • September 21, 2011: Updated by Jason Smith: This bridge is a quadrangular Warren through truss bridge
  • September 21, 2011: New photo from Luke Harden
  • September 20, 2011: Added by Jason Smith

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • Luke
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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