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Curtis Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt through truss over Iowa River on Old US218
- Location
- Curtis, Johnson County, Iowa
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1927; Replaced 1956
- Builders
- - Archie Alphonso Alexander of Des Moines, Iowa
- Iowa State Highway Commission of Ames, Iowa (Design)
- Design
- Riveted, Pratt through truss
- Also called
- Burlington Way Curtis Bridge
Red Ball Route Curtis Bridge
US218 Curtis Bridge
Diagonal Trail Curtis Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.80785, -91.64666 (decimal degrees)
41°48'28" N, 91°38'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/612417/4629326 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Swisher
- Inventory number
- BH 56670 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 3, 2020: Updated by Luke: Added builder per Newspapers.com clipping provided by Melissa
- May 27, 2019: Updated by Luke: Added build date
- May 23, 2014: Updated by Tony Dillon: Changed truss type
- June 19, 2013: New photos from Luke Harden
- June 18, 2013: Added by Luke Harden
Related Bridges
- Robert's Ferry Bridge (Predecessor) - Built on a previous alignment.
- IA965 Iowa River Bridge (Successor)
Sources
- Luke
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Iowa State University Geographic Information Systems - 1930s Aerial Imagery
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This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ia/johnson/curtiss/
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ia/johnson/curtiss/
So the comment I left in May under http://bridgehunter.com/ia/johnson/bh56192/
proves to be correct.
I couldn't find any info on the Curtiss bridge when I searched for it at that time.