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Overview: Four-span wrought-iron through truss bridge over the old channel of the Des Moines River on Harvey Island Road
Location: Marion County, Iowa
Status: Open to one-lane traffic on a minimum-maintenance road
History: Built 1878 by the American Bridge Co. for the CB&Q Railroad; converted for vehicular use in 1938
Builder: - American Bridge Co. of New York
Design: Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 149.0 ft.
Total length: 600.1 ft.
Deck width: 12.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.7 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 15, 1998
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.31711, -92.91028 (decimal degrees)
41°19'02" N, 92°54'37" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: T. 75 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 10
Inventory numbers: NRHP 98000502 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 13995 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2006): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 34.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1998): 20