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Greencastle Avenue Bridge

Johnson County, Iowa
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Greencastle Road Bridge

The bridge is in a very eerie setting because the surrounding area was so stripped by the June 2008 flood.

Photo taken by Quinn Phelan in February 2009

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Created by Quinn Phelan

Go here for a short video from today - Fabruary 28, 2009...

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Iowa River on Greencastle Avenue
Location
Johnson County, Iowa
Status
Closed to all traffic
History
Built 1922
Design
Main span: Riveted, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Approach: Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 102.0 ft.
Total length: 202.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.79162, -91.71446   (decimal degrees)
41°47'30" N, 91°42'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/606813/4627438 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 81 N., R. 7 W.
USGS topographic map
Swisher
Inventory numbers
IA 205670 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 13765 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1922 (478)
Built during 1920s (7,242)
Closed (2,133)
Iowa (4,050)
Iowa River (85)
Johnson County, Iowa (93)
Owned by county (16,719)
 Pratt through truss (3,286)
Pratt truss (5,849)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,371)
Through truss (9,576)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,885)
Truss (24,139)

Update Log 

  • May 12, 2013: New photos from Dave King
  • July 29, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Corrected road and bridge name
  • February 28, 2009: Essay added by Quinn Phelan

Sources 

  • Quinn Phelan - qphelan [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Green Castle Road Bridge
Posted July 7, 2011, by Julie Bowers (jbowerz1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

People come through and say "Hey check out my bridge." so I do and this one is very sad. Maybe it should go somewhere else.