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CRandIC - Prairie Creek Generating Station Bridge (Old)

Linn County, Iowa

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Image

Photo taken by Dave King

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BH Photo #257823

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost deck plate girder bridge over Prairie Creek on Railroad
Location
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1949 to serve the Praire Creek Generating Station; Replaced 2002 with the pictured bridge
Builder
- Ned L. Ashton of Iowa City, Iowa
Railroad
- Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway (CIC; CRandIC)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 42.0 ft.
Total length: 260.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.93830, -91.66245   (decimal degrees)
41°56'18" N, 91°39'45" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/610880/4643790 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Cedar Rapids South
Inventory number
BH 54706 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1949 (387)
Built during 1940s (3,871)
Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway (32)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa (89)
Deck girder (4,987)
Girder (9,030)
Iowa (6,173)
Linn County, Iowa (225)
Lost (21,667)
 Lost 2002 (461)
Lost during 2000s (3,946)
Ned L. Ashton (17)
Owned by railroad (10,960)
Plate girder (6,863)
Railroad (14,253)
Replaced by new bridge (14,364)
Span length 25-50 feet (14,850)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,854)

Update Log 

  • January 29, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added build and loss dates for historic bridge' Current iteration built 2002.
  • August 7, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Added dimensions
  • June 30, 2013: New photos from Dave King
  • November 30, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

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