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BM&NW - Iowa River Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Iowa River on Muscatine, Burlington, & Southern Railroad
- Location
- Louisa County, Iowa
- Status
- Removed, substructure encased in concrete for a road bridge's substructure.
- History
- Built 1898; Abandoned and likley removed 1927
- Builder
- - Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. of Leavenworth, Kansas
- Railroads
- - Burlington, Muscatine & Northwestern Railway (BM&NW)
- Muscatine North & South Railroad (MN&S)
- Muscatine, Burlington, & Southern Railroad (MB&S)
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Also called
- MN&S - Iowa River Bridge
MB&S - Iowa River Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.21561, -91.19846 (decimal degrees)
41°12'56" N, 91°11'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/651020/4564257 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Wapello
- Inventory number
- BH 53470 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 3, 2016: New photos from Luke
- January 18, 2016: Updated by Luke: Added build date + builder
- April 2, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added build date
- August 15, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Muscatine North & South"
- September 8, 2012: Updated by Matt Lohry: Added bridge type: Pratt through truss
- September 7, 2012: Added by Luke Harden
Related Bridges
- US61 Iowa River Bridge (Old) (Parts reused in) - The MB&S bridge's substructure was encased for the subtructure of the this bridge.
Sources
- Luke
- Matt Lohry
- Improvement Bulletin, Volume 17 - Book
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This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ia/louisa/bh53470/
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.