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35th Street Overpass

Lee County, Iowa
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Photo taken by Luke Harden

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Overview
Whipple through truss bridge over Railroad Yard on 35th Street in Fort Madison, Iowa
Location
Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
Design
Pin-connected Whipple through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.61841, -91.35791   (decimal degrees)
40°37'06" N, 91°21'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/638898/4497694 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Niota
Inventory number
BH 51417 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (6,039)
Concrete deck (31)
Fort Madison, Iowa (4)
Girder (3,233)
Iowa (3,499)
Lee County, Iowa (32)
Open (28,302)
Owned by railroad (4,037)
 Pin-connected (1,519)
Plate girder (2,248)
Through girder (1,134)
Through truss (9,205)
Timber stringer (1,855)
Truss (23,565)
Whipple truss (154)
Wooden deck (5,398)

Update Log 

  • April 23, 2013: New photo from Luke Harden
  • January 5, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added photographs.
  • October 8, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • February 25, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Wooden deck", "Pin-connected"
  • February 24, 2012: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited Overview, Design, and Design description.
  • February 23, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Flickr
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  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
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35th Street Bridge
Posted February 24, 2012, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

I'd assume that it still exists.

Because the comment that refers to it in the past tense is in 07, and the most recent (the one with the side view) is from 2010.

If I can get down to Fort Madison (or out of bed in general) over spring break I'll have to check it out.

35th Street Bridge
Posted February 24, 2012, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Definitely a Whipple truss.

Is it still in existence? A comment on one of the Flickr photos referred to it in the past tense.

35th Street Bridge
Posted February 24, 2012, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

I would call it a Whipple Truss.

35th Street Bridge
Posted February 24, 2012, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

So, based on the image in the link (even though it isn't a whole shot of the bridge), what type of truss would this likely be?