RI - US34 Overpass

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Overview

Lost Steel stringer bridge over US 34 on former Rock Island RR

Location

Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa

Status

Removed

History

Built 1945, abandoned and removed 1983

Builders

- Clinton Bridge Works of Clinton, Iowa (Metal Fabricator)
- Iowa State Highway Commission of Ames, Iowa (Designer)
- Jensen Construction Co. of Des Moines, Iowa & Sand Springs, Oklahoma (Formerly of Kimbalton, Iowa) (General Contractor)

Railroad

- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (RI; CRIP; ROCK)

Design

Steel stringer

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.00652, -91.97203   (decimal degrees)
41°00'23" N, 91°58'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/586445/4539990 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Fairfield North

Inventory number

BH 55272 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• December 11, 2016: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added category "Ballasted Deck"
• November 9, 2015: New photo from Luke
• March 31, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added builder
• July 28, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Edited Info
• January 21, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

• Luke
• Iowa State University Geographic Information Systems - 1950s Aerial Imagery
• Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com

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