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Photo taken by Jason Leverton

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Overview: Steel stringer bridge over Iowa Avenue on Railroad
Location: Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1915
Design: Steel stringer
Dimensions: Span length: 29.9 ft.
Total length: 29.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.66127, -91.53943 (decimal degrees)
41°39'41" N, 91°32'22" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/621601/4613199 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Iowa City West
Inventory numbers: IA 501310 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 51965 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/1999)
Average daily traffic (as of 1998): 10,000

Update Log

October 21, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
June 29, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
April 6, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Railroad", "Curved", ""Truck-Eating"", "Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway"

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Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Telltales and warning signage - Bridge is in the background s well.
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Iowa Avenue Underpass

Posted October 21, 2012, by Douglas W. Jones (jones [at] cs [dot] uiowa [dot] edu)

I put a photo of the low bridge clearance warnings for this bridge (and the bridge itself) on Wikimedia Commons:

-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IowaAvenueTelltale.jpg

The bridge clearance is a bit low, and since I came to Iowa City, this bridge has peeled the tops off of several trucks and once, a truck hauling a piece of heavy construction equipment knocked the bridge a few inches sideways, necessitating significant repair to one bridge abutment.

Aside from the multiple clearance warning signs, the bridge is now protected by classic railroad-style telltales, so that any over-height vehicles will announce themselves with a clatter of chains.

I've released all copyright on the bridge, if you want to upload the photo to this collection, feel free to do so.