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2nd Avenue Bridge

Lyon County, Iowa

Photos 

Side view of the bridge

Photo taken by Jason Smith

BH Photo #171268

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch culvert over the Rock River Tributary on N. 2nd Avenue at the west entrance of Island Park in Rock Rapids
Location
Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
http://kiwaradio.com/local-news/rock-rapids-park-bridge-unde...
History
Built ca. 1899
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 8.9 ft.
Total length: 60.0 ft.
Also called
Island Park West Entrance Crossing
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.43305, -96.16617   (decimal degrees)
43°25'59" N, 96°09'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/729357/4812807 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Rock Rapids
Average daily traffic (as of 2000)
430
Inventory numbers
IA 502520 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 13917 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Sufficiency rating: 22 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

19th Century (7,567)
Arch (12,102)
Built 1899 (396)
Built during 1890s (2,982)
Closed-spandrel arch (3,994)
Deck arch (11,341)
Doomed (1,074)
Have street view (26,951)
Iowa (6,501)
 Low Water Crossing (72)
Lyon County, Iowa (47)
Open (39,886)
Owned by city (5,403)
Rock Rapids, Iowa (9)
Rock River (Minnesota-Iowa) (22)
Span length under 25 feet (6,896)
Structurally deficient (14,193)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,300)

Update Log 

  • November 29, 2013: New Street View added by Brent Tindall
  • March 9, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Bridge's furture is in question
  • October 26, 2012: Updated by Jason Smith: Added category "Rock River (Minnesota-Iowa)"

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • Luke
  • 1910 Photograph
  • Brent Tindall - bizzat219 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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