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Red Bridge Road Bridge

Linn County, Iowa

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Red Bridge Road Bridge

Could not determine the exact date of construction, but would guess about 1900.

Photo taken by Quinn Phelan in February 2009

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BH Photo #134008

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Buffalo Creek on Red Bridge Road
Location
Linn County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Rehabilitated 1988
Design
Pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 67.9 ft.
Total length: 98.1 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.25197, -91.47932   (decimal degrees)
42°15'07" N, 91°28'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/625442/4678872 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ryan
Land survey
T. 86 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 19
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
15
Inventory numbers
IA 222760 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 13850 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 15.4 (out of 100)
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Categories 

5-panel truss (487)
Iowa (6,534)
Lally columns (313)
Linn County, Iowa (233)
One-lane traffic (7,615)
Open (39,994)
Owned by county (20,871)
Painted red (66)
 Pin-connected (3,932)
Pratt through truss (5,436)
Pratt truss (9,360)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,108)
Structurally deficient (14,092)
Through truss (15,216)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,598)
Truss (33,018)

Update Log 

  • June 13, 2015: Updated by Dave King: Added category "Lally columns"
  • August 5, 2013: Photo imported by Dave King
  • February 22, 2009: New photos from Quinn Phelan

Sources 

  • Quinn Phelan - qphelan [at] earthlink [dot] net
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Red Bridge Road Bridge
Posted March 15, 2016, by Katy Merrifield (katydidditt [at] juno [dot] com)

Sunday, March 13, 2016 we were scouting the Buffalo Creek to possibly paddle and checked out the Red Bridge as a possible landing. Much to our dismay both sides of the bridge were littered with carcasses--2 coyote, a deer, an unidentifiable mess of fur, and the gutting of a deer. Disgusting! I will be calling the Lin Co Conservation office next. Why don't the hunters just dump the carcasses in an empty field?