Rating:
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MILW - Richland Creek Arch
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Open-spandrel arch bridge over Richland Creek on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
- Location
- Keokuk County, Iowa
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1915; Replaced 1944
- Builders
- - Charles Frederick Loweth of Cleveland, Ohio (MILW Chief Engineer)
- H.E. Dudley (Likely Builder)
- J. H. Prior (MILW Bridge Designer)
- Railroad
- - Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW; CMStP&P; CMStP)
- Design
- Open-spandrel arch
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.18510, -92.03380 (decimal degrees)
41°11'06" N, 92°02'02" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/581031/4559755 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 73963 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Related Bridges
- DM&E - Richland Creek Viaduct (Successor)
- Heart of Iowa Trail - Hoy Bridge (Same design)
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I've been working with bridges for nearly half my life..I was just a 5th grade kid when I started taking pictures. Of the many frustrating, emotional and downright disgusting moments I've seen with bridge destruction, this one takes the cake. I spent a lot of time searching for it yesterday and the weeks prior; and the moment I realized the concrete in the creek was it, it certainly tugged a few heart strings.
The biggest question is why did this bridge only last 29 years? Seems to me that a massive concrete arch like this should last a long time. The new bridge was built in June of 1944.
70 some years too late to see this hell of a structure. Really would have been a treat to find it..