Rating:
55580
{86}%
4 votes
BNSF - Big Creek Bridge
Description
Historical information comes from the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Collection located at the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois.
Facts
- Overview
- Pratt deck truss bridge over Big Creek on BNSF Railway
- Location
- Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1899
- Railroads
- - BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
- Design
- 155' Pratt deck truss with steel trestle approaches
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 155.0 ft.
Total length: 410.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.97673, -91.59802 (decimal degrees)
40°58'36" N, 91°35'53" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/617951/4537120 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Mount Pleasant
- Inventory number
- BH 55580 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 24, 2022: Updated by John Marvig: added build date
- July 30, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Added build date
- February 17, 2013: Added by John Marvig