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CrandIC - Iowa Avenue Overpass

Johnson County, Iowa

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Photo taken by Douglas W. Jones

License: Public domain: Released by author

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BH Photo #241678

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Overview
Steel stringer bridge over Iowa Avenue on CIC Railroad
Location
Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1915
Builder
- B. J. Lambert of Iowa City, Iowa
Railroad
- Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway (CRandIC; CR⁣ CIC)
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 29.9 ft.
Total length: 95.0 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)
Quadrangle map:
Iowa City West
Inventory numbers
IA 501310 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 51965 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

"Truck Eating" (51)
B. J. Lambert (3)
Beam (16,890)
Built 1915 (1,259)
Built during 1910s (9,973)
Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway (36)
Curved (490)
Have street view (28,919)
Iowa (6,793)
 Iowa City, Iowa (68)
Johnson County, Iowa (219)
Open (40,969)
Owned by railroad (13,505)
Railroad (16,463)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,226)
Steel stringer (6,713)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,794)

Update Log 

  • September 26, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
  • January 27, 2014: New Street View added by Dave King
  • August 15, 2013: New photos from John Marvig
  • August 13, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: added length
  • 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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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.