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Emmetsburg Railroad Bridge

Palo Alto County, Iowa
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Overview

Photo taken 1997 by Jason Smith

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over West Fork Des Moines River on the IC&E/DM&E/CP/UP west of Emmetsburg
Location
Palo Alto County, Iowa
Status
In use
Design
Deck plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.11208, -94.71361   (decimal degrees)
43°06'43" N, 94°42'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/360579/4774686 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Emmetsburg
Inventory number
BH 14206 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Canadian Pacific Railway (237)
Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad (178)
Deck girder (1,802)
Des Moines River (159)
Girder (3,241)
Iowa (3,511)
Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (133)
 Open (28,322)
Owned by railroad (4,053)
Palo Alto County, Iowa (16)
Plate girder (2,253)
Railroad (4,084)
Union Pacific Railroad (797)

Update Log 

  • September 5, 2011: New photos from Quinn Phelan
  • July 19, 2011: Updated by Jason Smith: Bridge is still in use
  • November 21, 2005: Posted photo from Jason Smith

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
  • Quinn Phelan - qphelan [at] earthlink [dot] net
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Emmetsburg Railroad Bridge
Posted July 30, 2012, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

The IC&E/DM&E/CP share this portion with the UP from Emmetsburg to Sheldon

Emmetsburg Railroad Bridge
Posted July 30, 2012, by John Marvig (johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net)

Wouldn't this be the IC&E line?