Ivanhoe Bridge (Old)

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Photo courtesy of the Iowa City Press-Citizen

BH Photo #396634

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
Builder: - 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)
Inspection (as of 09/1991): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 8.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1989): 3,770

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January 30th, 1986 edition of the Mt. Vernon-Lisbon The Sun - Google News - Article
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