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North Skunk River Bridge

Jasper County, Iowa
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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over North Skunk River on Ridge Road in Kellogg
Location
Kellogg, Jasper County, Iowa
Status
Intact but closed to all traffic
History
Built 1898; rehabilitated 1975
Design
Pratt through truss with Town Lattice portal bracing and pinned connections
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 240.2 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.6 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.71358, -92.91157   (decimal degrees)
41°42'49" N, 92°54'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/507356/4617979 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 80 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 26
USGS topographic map
Kellogg
Inventory numbers
IA 197890 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 13740 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2007)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 0.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
60

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Built 1898 (161)
Built during 1890s (1,556)
Closed (2,071)
Detroit, Lincoln & Denver Highway (2)
Iowa (3,506)
Jasper County, Iowa (32)
Kellogg, Iowa (1)
One-lane traffic (7,112)
Owned by county (16,489)
Pratt through truss (3,166)
Pratt truss (5,660)
 River To River Road (2)
Skunk River (65)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,299)
Structurally deficient (16,678)
Sufficiency rating zero (308)
Through truss (9,209)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,789)
Town lattice portal bracing (10)
Truss (23,573)
US 32 (2)
Wooden deck (5,398)

Update Log 

  • May 6, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "River To River Road", "Detroit, Lincoln & Denver Highway", "US 32"
  • October 11, 2012: Updated by Jason Smith: Added category "Town lattice portal bracing"
  • September 28, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • February 3, 2012: Updated by Jason Smith: Adjusted the information

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North Skunk River Bridge
Posted September 28, 2012, by julie bowers (jbowerz1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Just up the road....and i never went there. Do we know who might have made it?

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North Skunk River Bridge
Posted July 1, 2010, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Dave,

Thanks for the additional information. I visited and photographed the bridge in 2008, but I was not aware of its past history as a major route carrier.

North Skunk River Bridge
Posted June 27, 2010, by Dave Darby (dwdarby [at] aol [dot] com)

This bridge is the original crossing of the River to River Road, Iowa Primary Road 7, the Detroit Lincoln Denver Highway, and finally US 32 before it and Kellogg were bypassed when 32 was paved in 1928.

Dave Darby

Executive Director Iowa Division

Route 6 Tourist Association

www.route6tour.com

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