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Burlington Street Bridge

Johnson County, Iowa
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Looking north

Photo taken by David Herman

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Overview
Three-span arch bridge over Iowa River on North/Eastbound IA 1/Burlington Street in Iowa City
Location
Johnson County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1915; rehabilitated 1986
Design
Open-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 114.2 ft.
Total length: 342.2 ft.
Deck width: 38.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.65765, -91.54152   (decimal degrees)
41°39'28" N, 91°32'29" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/621434/4612794 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Iowa City West
Inventory numbers
IA 31720 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 13769 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2011)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 39.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
10,800

Categories 

Arch (9,415)
Built 1915 (967)
Built during 1910s (6,728)
Deck arch (8,692)
Have street view (9,880)
IA 1 (5)
Iowa (3,491)
Iowa River (61)
 Johnson County, Iowa (72)
Open (28,295)
Open-spandrel arch (581)
Owned by city (3,045)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,298)
Structurally deficient (16,675)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,367)

Update Log 

  • August 7, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: Corrected name
  • June 2, 2006: Posted photo from David Herman

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Sources 

  • David Herman
  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Burlington Street Bridge
Posted August 9, 2011, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

I really have to praise the city of Iowa City for just building a UCEB next to this bridge instead of replacing this bridge with a UCEB.