RI - Czech Village Bridge

Photos 

Post-flooding

Photo taken and submitted by Patrick

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Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over Cedar River on Railroad

Location

Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa

Status

Partially destroyed by flooding

History

Built ca. 1905, abandoned in the 1980s, parts lost to flooding in 2008

Design

7 - 90' Deck plate girder

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 90.0 ft.
Total length: 630.0 ft.

Also called

BCR&N - Cedar River Bridge
Rock Island Bridge #692
RI - Cedar River Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.96698, -91.65017   (decimal degrees)
41°58'01" N, 91°39'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/611848/4646991 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Cedar Rapids South

Inventory number

BH 51932 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• January 6, 2014: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added info from RI track chart
• November 19, 2013: New Street View added by Luke Harden
• August 14, 2013: New photos from John Marvig
• August 13, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Added probable build date and dimensions
• July 8, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
• July 7, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Updated status, spans lost in flooding, presumably 2008
• April 3, 2012: Added by Jason Smith

Sources 

• Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
• Luke
• John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com

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