Ivanhoe Bridge (Old)

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Overview

Lost through truss bridge over Cedar River on IA 1

Location

Ivanhoe, Linn County, Iowa

Status

Replaced by new bridge

History

Built 1946; replaced 1992

Builders

- A. Olson Construction Co. of Waterloo, Iowa
- Iowa State Highway Commission of Ames, Iowa

Design

Parker through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 995.1 ft.
Deck width: 23.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.9 ft.

Also called

IA261 Cedar River Bridge
IA1 Cedar River Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.88206, -91.46484   (decimal degrees)
41°52'55" N, 91°27'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/627374/4637821 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Mount Vernon

Land survey

T. 82 N., R. 5 W., Sec. 30

Inventory numbers

IA 33570 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 40648 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• January 25, 2019: Updated by Luke: Added builder
• July 12, 2017: New photo from Luke
• July 6, 2017: Updated by Luke: Added truss type + link to image
• August 2, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "IA 1"
• March 1, 2009: Added by James Baughn

Related Bridges 

• Ivanhoe Bridge (Older) (Predecessor)

Sources 

• Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
• January 30th, 1986 edition of the Mt. Vernon-Lisbon The Sun - Google News - Article
• Luke
• Iowa City Press-Citizen from Iowa City, Iowa on August 2, 1941 · 8 - Article

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