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Field Entrance Bridge

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Photo 

Photo taken by Dave Sebben

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Map 

Street View 

Description 

Pony truss on a local road to a field entrance.

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Sibles Creek on a Former alignment of IA 38
Location
Jones County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic.
Design
Riveted Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Span length: 69.9 ft.
Total length: 69.9 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.96154, -91.14989   (decimal degrees)
41°57'42" N, 91°08'60" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/653316/4647161 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 83 N., R. 3 W.
USGS topographic map
Stanwood
Inventory numbers
IA 206650 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 13792 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/1992)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 50.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1988)
100

Categories 

Built 1900 (699)
Built during 1900s (4,247)
Have street view (9,908)
IA 38 (2)
Iowa (3,511)
Jones County, Iowa (27)
NR-eligible (3,751)
Open (28,319)
Owned privately (543)
Pony truss (13,217)
Span length 50-75 feet (6,996)
Structurally deficient (16,683)
Total length 50-75 feet (6,897)
Truss (23,575)
Warren pony truss (1,987)
Warren truss (3,961)

Update Log 

  • July 3, 2011: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type
  • July 2, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: Added streetview, tweaked location on map, and added photograph.

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com

Comments 

Field Entrance Bridge
Posted April 29, 2012, by David Sebben (nebbes61 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This is the original Highway 38 bridge before it was realigned.