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Greencastle Avenue Bridge
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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
BH Photo #134526
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Iowa River on Greencastle Avenue
- Location
- Johnson County, Iowa
- Status
- Abandoned
- History
- Built 1922; Abandoned 1992
- Builders
- - A.P. Munson (Subcontractor)
- Iowa Bridge Co. of Des Moines, Iowa
- Iowa State Highway Commission of Ames, Iowa
- Design
- Main span: Riveted, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Approach: Pratt pony trusses; 1 span removed ca 1950 - Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 102.0 ft.
Total length: 202.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.3 ft.
- Also called
- Greencastle Bridge
Dupont Bridge
DuPont Bridge - 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)
- Quadrangle map:
- Swisher
- Land survey
- T. 81 N., R. 7 W.
- Inventory numbers
- IA 205670 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 13765 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 19, 2020: New photo from Luke
- February 25, 2018: New Street View added by Luke
- April 7, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added categories "Pin-connected", "Riveted"
- April 6, 2017: Updated by Luke: Noted specific abandonment date
- June 10, 2016: Updated by Luke: Added builder
- March 22, 2014: New photos from Steve Rasmussen
- 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
Related Bridges
- Dupont Bridge (Old) (Predecessor)
Sources
- Quinn Phelan - qphelan [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Luke
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Steve Rasmussen
- June 24th, 1992 edition of the Iowa City Press-Citizen - Newspapers.com - Article
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According to an Press-Citizen article from December 1st, 1950, they intended to replace the bridge after the completion of the Coralville Dam due to an north approach being damaged on November 4th of the same year
Nothing ever seemed to come of it, fortunately.