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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Skunk River on Old Quarry Road
Location
Lee County, Iowa
Status
Closed to all traffic
History
Built 1904
Design
Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 238.0 ft.
Total length: 293.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 15, 1998
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.79036, -91.36417   (decimal degrees)
40°47'25" N, 91°21'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey
T. 69 N., R. 4 W.
Inventory numbers
NRHP 98000533 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 13816 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1904 (170)
Built during 1900s (2,334)
Closed (1,303)
Iowa (2,130)
Lee County, Iowa (13)
NR-listed (1,469)
Owned by county (14,137)
Pennsylvania truss (99)
Span length 175-250 feet (989)
Through truss (5,205)
Total length 250-500 feet (2,089)
Truss (15,739)

Comments 

Bridgeport Bridge
Posted October 6, 2007, by Ken Martin (kmartin537 [at] surewest [dot] net)

Visited bridge Sep. '07. Side view from new bridge just upriver, afternoon shot would be better.

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