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Two Mile North/ Golf Course Bridge

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View of current bridge.

Note the curve in the structure

Photo taken in 1998 by Jason Smith

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Overview
Stringer bridge over Rock River on CR A16 (130th Street)
Location
Lyon County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1980 Replaces a five span bridge built in 1900. Original bridge consisted of a 244 ft. long combination steel trestle with a 7 panel Pratt through truss bridge as its main span (130 ft.)
Design
Stringer
Dimensions
Span length: 68.9 ft.
Total length: 68.9 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.46266, -96.17645   (decimal degrees)
43°27'46" N, 96°10'35" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/728414/4816067 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Rock Rapids
Inventory numbers
IA 231091 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 36194 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2011)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 99.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
160

Update Log 

  • October 11, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Rock River (Iowa)"
  • February 6, 2008: Added by Jason Smith

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net

Comments 

Two Mile North/ Golf Course Bridge
Posted April 2, 2008, by Randy Brush

I was born in Rock Rapids, Iowa. I was cross truss bridge over Rock River. It was lost bridge. i was sad for rest of my life. I will not return in town again. i know five truss bridges were lost. i am happy two left railroad bridge with out rail in town. thank you for show pictures.