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RI - Lingle Creek Bridge

Johnson County, Iowa

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RI Lingel Creek Bridge

South abutment

Photo taken by Dave King on September 6, 2013

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BH Photo #265926

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Description 

The design description is incomplete in the RI track chart, listing only one 60' DPG for this bridge, presumably the main span. The concrete piers and abutments are the exact same style as other Rock Island bridges built around the 1940s. This bridge most likely was built by the Rock Island to replace an earlier BCRN structure somewhere in that time period.

Facts 

Overview
Lost deck plate girder bridge over Lingel Creek on abandoned railroad (former RI)
Location
Johnson County, Iowa
Status
No longer exists; Support remains
History
Raised 1956 due to the construction of the Coralville Resevoir; Abandoned and demolished ca. 1980
Railroads
- Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway (BCRN)
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
Design
1 Sp. 60' Deck Plate Girder
2 Sp. Approaches
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Also called
RI Br. #867
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.84381, -91.55408   (decimal degrees)
41°50'38" N, 91°33'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/620041/4633444 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ely
Inventory number
BH 57868 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway (173)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (1,158)
Deck girder (6,305)
Girder (11,175)
Have street view (28,919)
Iowa (6,793)
 Johnson County, Iowa (219)
Lost (28,544)
Owned by railroad (13,505)
Plate girder (8,730)
Railroad (16,463)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,423)

Update Log 

  • May 11, 2020: Updated by Luke: Noted that the bridge was raised in 1956
  • October 31, 2016: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added info from RI track chart
  • September 6, 2013: New photos from Dave King
  • September 5, 2013: Added by Dave King

Sources 

  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com
  • Luke
  • Iowa City Press-Citizen from Iowa City, Iowa on January 2, 1956 ยท 3 - Monday, January 2, 1956 eeds on Coralville Dam lion., Jan. 2, 1956 Iowa City Press-Citizen 3 ; :r- Two major projects remain 10 oe ppened during 1956 in con-flection with the creation of the Coralville dam and wswvnir north of Iowa City, while two om
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Comments 

RI - Lingel Creek Bridge
Posted April 11, 2018, by Luke

Most likely expanding the Hoover Nature Trail. Sad, but understandable that they're not re-using the substructure.

RI - Lingel Creek Bridge
Posted April 11, 2018, by Anonymous

Bridge abutments and piers demolished early April 2018. Possibly being replaced by hike/bike trail bridge?