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Cedar Valley Nature Trail - Fishel Road Overpass

Linn County, Iowa

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CVNT Fishel Road Overpass

View looking east

Photo taken by Dave King; Taken June 30, 2013

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BH Photo #257804

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Facts 

Overview
Steel stringer bridge over Fishel Road on Cedar Valley Nature Trail
Location
Linn County, Iowa
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1914
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 

Beam (16,405)
Built 1914 (829)
Built during 1910s (9,876)
Cedar Valley Nature Trail (11)
Gould Construction Co. (25)
Interurban (975)
Iowa (6,752)
Linn County, Iowa (251)
Open to pedestrians (4,443)
 Owned by county (21,368)
Rail-to-trail (1,635)
Railroad (16,222)
Span length under 25 feet (6,982)
Steel stringer (6,566)
Thomas Edsall Rust (13)
Total length under 25 feet (2,552)
Waterloo Railroad (19)
Waterloo, Cedar Falls, & Northern Railway (24)

Update Log 

  • 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

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