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DM&E Mad Creek Bridge

Muscatine County, Iowa
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Photo taken by Luke Harden in July 2012

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Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Mad Creek on Railroad
Location
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1901; Raised at a later date
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Design
Deck plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.42474, -91.03608   (decimal degrees)
41°25'29" N, 91°02'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/664108/4587770 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Muscatine
Inventory number
BH 52330 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (465)
Built 1901 (283)
Built during 1900s (4,269)
Canadian Pacific Railway (241)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (292)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (348)
Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad (181)
Deck girder (1,835)
Girder (3,292)
Have street view (10,038)
I&M Rail Link (85)
 Iowa (3,622)
Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (133)
Mad Creek (5)
Muscatine County, Iowa (48)
Muscatine, Iowa (10)
Open (28,458)
Owned by railroad (4,123)
Plate girder (2,289)
Railroad (4,226)
Riveted (1,019)
Soo Line Railroad (130)

Update Log 

  • April 4, 2013: New photos from Luke Harden
  • October 2, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: New photos from Luke Harden
  • July 5, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added build date & builder
  • May 4, 2012: New Street View added by Luke Harden
  • May 3, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Railroad", "Canadian Pacific Railway", "Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern Railroad", "Iowa, Chicago, and Eastern Railroad", "Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad", "Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Flickr - Image
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Mad Creek Railroad Bridge
Posted October 2, 2012, by John Marvig (johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net)

Yup, this one was definitely raised