Photos
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The northeast span The first of two spans that carry Second Avenue across the Cedar River. The large building is the Veteran's Memorial on May's Island. (May's Island is often referred to as "Government Island because it is the location of the courthouse.) Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2007 |
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The Builder's Plaque Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2007 |
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The Deck of the Northeast Span Looking southwest to May's Island. The large building is the Veteran's Memorial. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2007 |
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The Deck of the Northeast Span Looking northeast. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2007 |
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The northwest face of the northeast span As seen from May's Island. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2007 |
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The northwest face of the northeast span As seen from the parking lot of the Federal Courthouse. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2007 |
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The southwest span plaque Marks the rebuild of the bridge in 1965. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2007 |
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The southeast face of the southwest span Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2007 |
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Builder's Plaque Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2007 |
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The southwest span As seen from the First Avenue Bridge on May's Island. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2007 |
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The southwest span As seen from the southwest end of the Third Avenue bridge. The large building is the Veteran's Memorial on May's Island. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2007 |
Facts
- Overview
- Open-spandrel arch bridge over Cedar River on Second Avenue in Cedar Rapids
- Location
- Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to four lanes of one-way westbond traffic
- History
- Built 1906 by the Marsh Bridge Co.; reconstructed 1965
- Builders
- - Marsh Bridge Co.
- Marsh Engineering Co. of Des Moines, Iowa
- Design
- Open-spandrel arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 83.0 ft.
Total length: 670.3 ft.
Deck width: 60.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.97549, -91.67231 (decimal degrees)
41°58'32" N, 91°40'20" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/609998/4647907 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Cedar Rapids South
- Inventory numbers
- IA 1300 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 13852 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 04/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 95.5 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
- 5,800
Update Log
- March 30, 2008: Updated by J.R. Manning: Updated bridge data
- January 28, 2008: New photo from J.R. Manning