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Overview Photos taken 1998 by Jason Smith |
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Damaged railing |
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned through truss bridge over New Channel West Fork Des Moines River on Brushy Bayou Road
- Location
- Palo Alto County, Iowa
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1919 in conjunction with the West Fork Des Moines River rechanneling project
- Design
- Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 121.1 ft.
Total length: 161.1 ft.
Deck width: 16.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.8 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.03127, -94.62928 (decimal degrees)
43°01'53" N, 94°37'45" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/367266/4765575 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 95 N., R. 32 W., Sec. 21
- USGS topographic map
- Emmetsburg
- Inventory numbers
- IA 269270 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 14201 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 07/2007)
- Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 16.4 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
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