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3rd Avenue Bridge (1872)
Linn County
,
Iowa
Photos
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
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BH Photo #355252
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Overview
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Cedar River on 3rd Avenue
Location
Cedar Rapids
,
Linn County
,
Iowa
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1872, Replaced 1911
Builders
-
O'Hanlon & O'Hara
of Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Substructure)
-
Wrought Iron Bridge Co.
of Canton, Ohio
Design
Bowstring through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.97535
,
-91.67028
(decimal degrees)
41°58'31" N, 91°40'13" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/610168/4647894
(zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Cedar Rapids South
Inventory number
BH 56198
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
19th Century
(8,374)
Bowstring through truss
(329)
Bowstring truss
(665)
Built 1872
(122)
Built during 1870s
(1,266)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
(99)
Cedar River (Minnesota-Iowa)
(136)
Iowa
(6,793)
Linn County, Iowa
(251)
Lost
(28,464)
Lost 1911
(49)
Lost during 1910s
(650)
O'Hanlon & O'Hara
(4)
Replaced by new bridge
(19,357)
Through truss
(16,775)
Truss
(35,451)
Wooden deck
(6,160)
Wrought Iron
(417)
Wrought Iron Bridge Co.
(442)
Update Log
November 13, 2021: New photo from Luke
July 7, 2016: Updated by Luke: Corrected builder + added image
March 29, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Canton Bridge Co."
September 20, 2013: Updated by Tony Dillon: Changed description from Pratt to Bowstring
May 6, 2013: Added by Luke Harden
Related Bridges
3rd Avenue Bridge (1912)
(Successor)
8th Avenue Bridge (1911)
(Parts reused in)
Sources
Luke
Tony Dillon
-
spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
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