Rating:
60489
{97}%
4 votes
IC - Wapsipinicon River Bridge
Description
Built using reused sections of a larger vertical endpost Whipple built by Keystone Bridge Co. at Dubuque, Iowa
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Linville variant Whipple through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Railroad (IC)
- Location
- Central City, Linn County, Iowa
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Replaced 1924
- Builders
- - Jacob H. Linville of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Keystone Bridge Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Railroad
- - Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
- Design
- Linville variant Whipple through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.20013, -91.52413 (decimal degrees)
42°12'00" N, 91°31'27" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/621845/4673051 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Central City
- Inventory number
- BH 60489 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 15, 2018: Updated by Luke: Linville variant Whipple through truss
- December 29, 2017: New photo from Luke
- April 2, 2016: Updated by Luke: Correct builder to pre-existing category
- April 2, 2016: Updated by Art Suckewer: Added likely builder
- March 29, 2014: Added by Luke Harden
Sources
- Luke
- Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com