Rating:
49033
{94}%
9 votes
CrandIC - Iowa River Bridge (S)
Photos
Photo taken by Luke
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BH Photo #473220
Description
Built using a Quadrangular Truss built Ca. 1885, and a Warren Through Truss built Ca. 1905 . At least one of these trusses was relocated from an unknown location. A third truss was replaced with trestle.
Facts
- Overview
- Quadrangular Lattice through truss & Warren through truss bridge over Iowa River on CRandIC Railway
- Location
- Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built Using at Least One Relocated Truss
- Railroads
- - Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway (BCRN)
- Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway (CRandIC; CR⁣ CIC)
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Iowa City & Western Railway (IC&W)
- Muscatine & Iowa City Railway (M&IC)
- Design
- Quadrangular Lattice through truss
Warren through truss
Timber stringer
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 158.0 ft.
Total length: 490.0 ft.
- Also called
- BCR&N - Iowa River Bridge (S)
RI - Iowa River Bridge (S)
RI - Bridge #336
BCR&N - Iowa River Bridge (S)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.63655, -91.53462 (decimal degrees)
41°38'12" N, 91°32'05" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/622049/4610460 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Iowa City West
- Inventory numbers
- CRIP Bridge 336
CRIP Bridge 355
CRIP Bridge 357
BH 49033 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 10, 2021: Updated by Luke: Reverted name back to commonly-used CRandIC vs CIC
- June 3, 2020: New photos from Luke
- April 16, 2018: New photos from John Marvig
- February 21, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
- August 27, 2013: New photos from Dave King
- August 26, 2013: New Street View added by Dave King
- August 14, 2013: New photos from John Marvig
- August 13, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Added dimensions
- May 25, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
- April 18, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
- February 20, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Iowa City and Western Railroad", "Burlington, Cedar Rapids, and Northern Railroad", "Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad"
- November 26, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: Re-added photograph because our wonderful moderator went delete happy and didn't bother to check that this and another image were creative commons (free usage for anything but profit) listed
- October 8, 2011: Photo imported by Luke Harden
- August 1, 2011: New photo from Luke Harden
- July 5, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: added other bridge type
- July 4, 2011: Added by Luke Harden
When you look at the bridge, it should become rather clear that something happened. Clearly one of these spans was not originally erected here. The two completely different truss spans does give some signal of an accident, or a disaster. Just makes one wonder...