Rating:
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Shaw Road Bridge

Jones County, Iowa

Photos 

North portal

Photos taken August 2007 by J.R. Manning

BH Photo #109309

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Two-span through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Shaw Road
Location
Jones County, Iowa
Status
Demolished
History
Built 1924; rehabilitated 1954 ; lost 2017
Builder
- Iowa State Highway Commission of Ames, Iowa
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 335.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.08326, -91.26747   (decimal degrees)
42°04'60" N, 91°16'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/643299/4660473 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Anamosa
Land survey
T. 84 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 13
Average daily traffic (as of 2013)
140
Inventory numbers
IA 207750 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 13795 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2017)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 24.9 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

6-panel truss (654)
A-frame portal (426)
Built 1924 (750)
Built during 1920s (10,010)
Have street view (27,200)
Historic Bridge Weekend 2013 (145)
ISHC Standard Series T (195)
Iowa (6,555)
Iowa State Highway Commission (820)
Jones County, Iowa (54)
Lost (25,518)
 Lost 2017 (274)
Lost during 2010s (3,386)
Owned by county (20,976)
Pratt through truss (5,486)
Pratt truss (9,439)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,421)
Structurally deficient (13,851)
Through truss (15,344)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,285)
Truss (33,237)
Wapsipinicon River (77)

Update Log 

  • December 17, 2017: Updated by David Backlin: Updated to Lost per Forum Comment
  • March 24, 2015: Updated by Dave King: Added categories "A-frame portal", "6-panel truss"
  • February 21, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • October 1, 2013: Photo imported by Dave King
  • September 16, 2013: New photos from Jason Smith
  • June 15, 2013: New photo from Scott Wiley
  • February 17, 2011: Updated by Jason Smith: Corrected the GPS
  • August 2, 2010: New photos from Quinn Phelan
  • October 8, 2007: Posted photos from J.R. Manning

Sources 

  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Quinn Phelan - qphelan [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
  • Scott Wiley - fifty [dot] fathoms [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
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Comments 

Shaw Road Bridge
Posted December 15, 2017, by Ron Waite (rkwaite [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Shaw Road bridge has been demolished 12/15/2017.

Shaw Road Bridge
Posted May 21, 2017, by Cristopher Sturtz (cvcomputerservice [at] gmail [dot] com)

As of April 2017, the Shaw Road Bridge in Jones County, IA is closed indefinitely due to a fracture in the north span.

Sources:

http://monticelloexpress.com/content/farmers-express-issues-... (Full article is paywalled, but the summary mentions the approximate time of and reason for the closure).

http://www.jonescountyiowa.org/utilities (Source of the "closed indefinitely" qualifier).