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BCR&N Cedar River Bridge

Linn County, Iowa
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Post-flooding

Photo taken and submitted by Patrick

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Facts 

Overview
Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over Cedar River on Railroad
Location
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
Status
Destroyed by flooding
History
Abandoned in the 1980s, lost to flooding in 2008
Design
Deck plate girder
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)
USGS topographic map
Cedar Rapids South
Inventory number
BH 51932 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway (20)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa (37)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (335)
Continuous (899)
Deck girder (1,800)
Destroyed by flood (102)
 Girder (3,236)
Iowa (3,502)
Linn County, Iowa (107)
Lost (10,360)
Plate girder (2,250)
Railroad (4,070)

Update Log 

  • 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 Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Czech Village RR Bridge
Posted July 8, 2012, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

Thanks for your photograph.

Czech Village RR Bridge
Posted July 8, 2012, by Patrick (patrsull [at] yahoo [dot] com)

July 7 2012 photo of the remains of this bridge

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