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RI Island Park Bridge

Lyon County, Iowa
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Overview

Photo taken by Jason Smith

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Overview
Abandoned plate girder railroad bridge over Rock River at Island Park in Rock Rapids
Location
Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa
Status
Railroad bridge open for pedestrians and cyclists
History
Built 1902; Abandoned together with the railline in 1972; Nominated to the NRHP together with the Rock Rapids depot in 1976; Converted to pedestrian use in 2007
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Design
Pony plate girder
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976
Also called
RI Rock River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.43402, -96.16540   (decimal degrees)
43°26'02" N, 96°09'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/729415/4812917 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Rock Rapids
Inventory number
BH 13925 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (449)
Built 1902 (244)
Built during 1900s (4,246)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (335)
Continuous (899)
Girder (3,237)
Iowa (3,503)
Lyon County, Iowa (39)
 NR-listed (2,353)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
Owned by city (3,050)
Plate girder (2,251)
Railroad (4,070)
Rock Rapids, Iowa (9)
Rock River (Minnesota-Iowa) (21)
Through girder (1,135)

Update Log 

  • March 9, 2013: New photo from Luke Harden
  • October 26, 2012: Updated by Jason Smith: Added category "Rock River (Minnesota-Iowa)"
  • September 22, 2009: Updated by Jason Smith: Bridge is a combination 2-span steel through girder with a multiple-span wooden trestle built on stone foundations
  • October 10, 2005: Posted photos from Jason Smith

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Island Park Railroad Bridge
Posted October 23, 2007, by Matt Dengler

Actually it's going to have a city trail that crosses it. Pretty neat, huh?

Island Park Railroad Bridge
Posted February 20, 2007, by Randy Brush

I am remember the railroad bridge long time. The train was no longer use on bridge for rest of place. three truss bridge was demolished at Big Sioux River in East Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It was by Union Bridge Co. 1897. It track was removed.