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DME - 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)
- 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 (851)
Built during 1930s (12,246)
Canadian Pacific Railway (582)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (1,112)
Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad (349)
Deck girder (6,397)
Girder (11,343)
I&M Rail Link (165)
Iowa (6,818)
 Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (230)
Monroe County, Iowa (52)
Open (41,198)
Owned by railroad (13,725)
Plate girder (8,874)
Railroad (16,665)
Soo Line Railroad (322)
Steel Trestle (152)
Tall Bridges (326)

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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