Murray Bridge

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Overview: Through truss bridge over West Fork Des Moines River on 190th Street, southeast of Bradgate
Location: Humboldt County, Iowa
Status: Open to traffic
Future prospects: Being considered for replacement
History: Built 1905 by A.H. Austin; rehabilitated 1982; damaged in car wreck during 2004
Builder: - A.H. Austin of Webster City, Iowa
Design: Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 140.1 ft.
Total length: 217.2 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.77161, -94.35449 (decimal degrees)
42°46'18" N, 94°21'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/389188/4736342 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Bode
Land survey: T. 92 N., R. 30 W., Sec. 23
Inventory numbers: IA 184950 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 13660 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2014): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 22.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011): 30

May 15, 2014: New photos from Lee Smith
October 17, 2013: Photo imported by Luke Harden
October 26, 2012: Updated by Jason Smith: Added category "Howe lattice portal bracing"
September 17, 2010: New photos from Jason Smith
May 8, 2010: Updated by Jay Rush: bridge is open
October 10, 2005: Posted photos from Jason Smith

Murray Bridge

Posted March 4, 2013, by AR

Them stars is right spiffy!

Murray Bridge

Posted March 1, 2012, by Jason Smith (JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net)