Fort Madison Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Toll double-decker through truss swing bridge over the Mississippi River on IA 2/IL 9/BNSF Railroad at Fort Madison
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1927
- Builders
- - American Bridge Co. of New York (Superstructure)
- Union Bridge & Construction Co. (Substructure)
- Design
- Swing Baltimore through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 525.3 ft.
Total length: 3,580.2 ft.
Deck width: 21.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.5 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 27, 1999
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.62925, -91.29887 (decimal degrees)
40°37'45" N, 91°17'56" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory numbers
- NRHP 99001035 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
IA 33280 (Iowa bridge number)
IL 034-9902 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 13818 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 03/2000)
- Deck condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 46.2 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
- 3,160
Sources
- HAER IA-62 - Fort Madison Bridge
- David B. Haun - dbhaun [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
Fort Madison Bridge
Here are some views of the BNSF swing bridge at Fort Madison, Iowa showing most of the overall length, a shot looking from Iowa towards Illinois of the roadway and superstructure and a couple of shots in the open position. This is the largest double deck road/rail swing bridge in North America.
