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Hale Bridge (Original Location)

Jones County, Iowa

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on 100th Avenue
Location
Jones County, Iowa
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1879
Design
Through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 295.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.8 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.00390, -91.06548   (decimal degrees)
42°00'14" N, 91°03'56" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/660205/4652019 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Wyoming West
Land survey
T. 83 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 15
Inventory numbers
IA 206270 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 13784 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,386)
Built 1879 (93)
Built during 1870s (1,068)
Iowa (6,375)
Jones County, Iowa (54)
Lost (24,067)
NR-eligible (4,041)
Owned by county (20,548)
Pin-connected (3,853)
 Relocated (865)
Replaced by new bridge (16,065)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,359)
Structurally deficient (14,680)
Through truss (14,835)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,166)
Truss (32,415)
Wapsipinicon River (73)
Wooden deck (6,049)

Update Log 

  • September 21, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: Replaced by a new bridge

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Sources 

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100th Avenue Bridge
Posted July 21, 2013, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This is the original listing for the Hale Bridge at it's former location. A new page was created BH 37394 (Bridgehunter.com ID) Perhaps they should be merged.