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Bridge in Gedney Lake recreational area. It is the former alignment of county highway G28/231st street.

Overview: Pratt through truss bridge over Gedney Lake on Former alignment of 231st Street
Location: Muscatine County, Iowa
Status: Open to Pedestrians
Design: This bridge is a riveted Pratt through truss bridge, built in a way that the first three panels have diagonal beams slanting toward the other shore and the last one has a diagonal beam slanting in the other direction- a unique design never seen before. Portal bracing is A-frame and strut lacing is V-shaped with 45° heel bracing.
Also called: Fishing Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.40137, -91.31081 (decimal degrees)
41°24'05" N, 91°18'39" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/641201/4584690 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Nichols
Inventory number: BH 49010 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

November 21, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
November 13, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Updated road.
October 30, 2012: New Street View added by Luke Harden
July 6, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "A-frame portal"
May 25, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
January 12, 2012: New photos from Luke Harden
September 13, 2011: Updated by Jason Smith: This is a very unique Pratt through truss bridge with riveted connections.
September 13, 2011: New photos from Luke Harden
June 30, 2011: Added by Luke Harden

Gedney Lake Bridge

Posted September 14, 2011, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I highly doubt that this span was built "unbalanced" like this.

It was likely shortened by those 2 panels being removed, possibly due to some sort of damaged incurred on that end.

Definitely has a unique look now.

Gedney Lake Bridge

Posted September 13, 2011, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

Now that we have a side view someone can identify what brige type this is.