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