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MBS Iowa River Bridge

Louisa County, Iowa
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Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Iowa River on Railroad
Location
Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa
Status
Removed
History
Abandoned before 1950
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.13332, -91.14499   (decimal degrees)
41°07'60" N, 91°08'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/655697/4555215 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Wapello
Inventory number
BH 53470 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (348)
Iowa (3,615)
Iowa River (64)
Lost (10,494)
Louisa County, Iowa (30)
Muscatine, Burlington, & Southern Railroad (1)
 Pratt through truss (3,184)
Pratt truss (5,687)
Railroad (4,223)
Through truss (9,254)
Truss (23,615)
Wapello, Iowa (2)

Update Log 

  • September 8, 2012: Updated by Matt Lohry: Added bridge type: Pratt through truss
  • September 7, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Matt Lohry
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Iowa River Railroad(?) Bridge
Posted September 8, 2012, by Andy W (jitterz [at] hotmail [dot] com)

According to SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas for IA-MO-AR, a railroad line crossed a bit further downriver. It was for the Muscatine, Burlington & Southern, reporting marks "MBS". Coordinates are 41.130557,-91.137882. And looking at the Iowa DOT chronological railroad abandonment map, it was abandoned before 1950.