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Centennial Bridge

Johnson County, Iowa
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Overview
Lost Truss bridge over Iowa River on Iowa Avenue
Location
Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1876, replaced 1916.
Design
Bowstring through truss
Also called
Iowa Avenue Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.66127, -91.54118   (decimal degrees)
41°39'41" N, 91°32'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/621455/4613196 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Iowa City West
Inventory number
BH 49248 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,820)
Bowstring through truss (87)
Bowstring truss (211)
Built 1876 (64)
Built during 1870s (544)
Iowa (3,503)
Iowa City, Iowa (20)
Iowa River (60)
 Johnson County, Iowa (72)
Lost (10,361)
Lost 1916 (5)
Lost during 1910s (54)
Replaced by new bridge (7,135)
Through truss (9,205)
Truss (23,568)

Update Log 

  • March 23, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • July 29, 2011: Added by Luke Harden

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  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Centennial Bridge
Posted July 29, 2011, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

Some photos referred to this bridge as the "Centennial Bridge" So I'll guess that it was built in 1876