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DM&E - Foster Viaduct #3

Monroe County, Iowa

Photos 

Photo taken by Ian M. Contreras

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BH Photo #248152

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Boyd Branch on Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railway
Location
Monroe County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1937-38
Railroads
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW; CMStP&P; CMStP)
- Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad (DME)
- I&M Rail Link (IMRL)
- Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (ICE)
- Soo Line Railroad (SOO)
Design
Deck plate girder
Also called
MILW - Foster Viaduct #3
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.93217, -92.70984   (decimal degrees)
40°55'56" N, 92°42'35" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/524428/4531267 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Blakesburg
Inventory number
BH 55495 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1937 (710)
Built during 1930s (10,582)
Canadian Pacific Railway (453)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (827)
Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad (291)
Deck girder (4,503)
Girder (7,966)
I&M Rail Link (134)
Iowa (5,790)
 Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (195)
Monroe County, Iowa (47)
Open (36,593)
Owned by railroad (9,824)
Plate girder (6,137)
Railroad (13,091)
Soo Line Railroad (264)
Steel Trestle (151)
Tall Bridges (313)

Update Log 

  • February 7, 2013: New photos from Dylan VanAntwerp
  • February 6, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com

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