Cedar Valley Nature Trail - Fishel Road Overpass

Photos 

CVNT Fishel Road Overpass

View looking east

Photo taken by Dave King; Taken June 30, 2013

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BH Photo #257804

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Steel stringer bridge over Fishel Road on Cedar Valley Nature Trail

Location

Linn County, Iowa

Status

Destroyed by collision

History

Built 1914; struck by garbage truck and collapsed January 2022; repaired and reopened May 2022

Builders

- Gould Construction Co. of Davenport, Iowa
- Thomas Edsall Rust of Saginaw, Michigan (Engineer)

Railroads

- Interurban
- Waterloo Railroad (WLO)
- Waterloo, Cedar Falls, & Northern Railway (WCFN)

Design

Steel stringer

Dimensions

Span length: 20.0 ft.
Total length: 20.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.13530, -91.67933   (decimal degrees)
42°08'07" N, 91°40'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/609143/4665642 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Lafayette

Inventory number

BH 56880 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• May 27, 2022: Updated by John Marvig: updated status: 2022 bridge replaced a similar span
• May 27, 2022: New Street View added by Dave King
• May 27, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added history per forum post
• March 7, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
• August 1, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added category "Waterloo Railroad"
• July 29, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added category "Waterloo Railroad"
• June 30, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Rail-to-trail", "Waterloo, Cedar Falls, & Northern Railway", "Railroad", "Interurban"
• June 30, 2013: Added by Dave King
• May 16, 2013: Added by Dave King

Sources 

• Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
• John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Paul Plassman

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