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DM&E - Duck Creek Bridge

Jackson County, Iowa

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Photo taken by Richard Scott Marsh

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BH Photo #241977

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Street View 

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Overview
Deck Girder bridge over Duck Creek on Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad
Location
Jackson County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1913, Northern Spans Replaced Ca. 1990
Builder
- Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Railroads
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW; CMStP&P; CMStP)
- Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad (DME)
- I&M Rail Link (IMRL)
- Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (ICE)
- Soo Line Railroad (SOO)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 35.0 ft.
Total length: 162.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.23152, -90.40249   (decimal degrees)
42°13'53" N, 90°24'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/714345/4678749 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Springbrook
Inventory number
BH 54032 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (14,380)
Built 1913 (816)
Built during 1910s (9,248)
Canadian Pacific Railway (505)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (952)
Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad (321)
Deck girder (5,048)
Girder (9,140)
Have street view (25,415)
I&M Rail Link (145)
Iowa (6,191)
 Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (208)
Jackson County, Iowa (73)
Open (38,220)
Owned by railroad (11,104)
Plate girder (6,949)
Railroad (14,370)
Soo Line Railroad (282)
Span length 25-50 feet (14,954)
Steel stringer (5,620)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,672)
Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. (140)

Update Log 

  • May 23, 2018: New photos from John Marvig
  • October 24, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • October 19, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

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