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Park Road Bridge

Johnson County, Iowa
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Bridge in 1915

Photo taken by Frederick Wallace Kent. Photo provided by the University of Iowa Library

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)

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Overview
Lost Parker through truss bridge over Iowa River on Park Road
Location
Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1915, Replaced 1959
Design
Parker through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.67151, -91.53343   (decimal degrees)
41°40'17" N, 91°32'00" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/622082/4614344 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Iowa City West
Inventory number
BH 53196 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1915 (967)
Built during 1910s (6,727)
Iowa (3,489)
Iowa City, Iowa (20)
Iowa River (61)
Johnson County, Iowa (72)
Lost (10,351)
Lost 1959 (15)
 Lost during 1950s (103)
Parker through truss (945)
Parker truss (1,265)
Pin-connected (1,519)
Replaced by new bridge (7,130)
Skewed (4,080)
Through truss (9,200)
Truss (23,558)

Update Log 

  • March 18, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added Replacement Date
  • August 16, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

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