CrandIC - Prairie Creek Generating Station Bridge (Old)

Photos 

Image

Photo taken by Dave King

Enlarge

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

Builders

- Amos Melberg Co. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Ned L. Ashton of Iowa City, Iowa

Railroad

- Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway (CRandIC; CR⁣ CIC)

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 

Update Log 

• December 29, 2021: New photo from Luke
• April 9, 2020: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
• 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

Sources 

• Luke
• Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
• John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com

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