Locust Street Bridge (1909)
Facts
- Overview
- Arch bridge over Des Moines River on Locust Street in Des Moines
- Location
- Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
- Status
- Demolished; Replacement to be constructed
- History
- Built 1909; rehabilitated 1967; to be replaced in 2018
- Builders
- - George D. Dobson of Newell, Iowa (Designer)
- Marsh Engineering Co. of Des Moines, Iowa (Contractor)
- Railroads
- - Des Moines Railway (DMRy)
- Streetcar
- Design
- Closed-spandrel arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 102.0 ft.
Total length: 447.2 ft.
Deck width: 49.9 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.58822, -93.61837 (decimal degrees)
41°35'18" N, 93°37'06" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/448458/4604243 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Des Moines SE
- Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
- 6,400
- Inventory numbers
- IA 3710 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 14256 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of July 2017)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 40 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- March 18, 2023: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- December 9, 2018: New photos from Daniel Barnes
- November 4, 2018: Updated by Luke: Gone
- October 17, 2018: Updated by Andy Winegar: Changed status to "Closed" and "Currently undergoing demolition."
- March 7, 2018: New photo from Dave King
- December 6, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- December 6, 2017: Updated by Jason Smith: This bridge is so doomed, it makes President Trump gleam.
- May 31, 2017: New photos from Daniel Barnes
- December 19, 2016: New photo from Dave King
- December 5, 2016: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- November 24, 2016: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- July 17, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added category "Racetrack" as it was used in the Des Moines Grand Prix course 89-94
- April 27, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added builders
- August 20, 2014: Updated by Luke: Added category "River To River Road"
- March 6, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Rail-and-Road", "Streetcar", "Des Moines City Railway", "Railroad"
- October 31, 2013: New Street View added by Luke Harden
- September 19, 2011: New photos from Jason Smith
- August 16, 2011: New Street View added by Luke Harden
Related Bridges
- Locust Street Bridge (Old) (Predecessor)
Sources
- Luke
- Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
- Iowa Engineer, Volumes 8-10 - Book
- Circuiti Nel Mondo - Map of the Des Moines Grand Prix circuit
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Daniel Barnes
- Andy Winegar
- Geoff Hubbs
Comments
Agree!!!
Hey folks. I hate to be critical of edits and contributions on here, but I really think we should keep politicians names out of status updates unless a politician is directly involved with the bridge.
I know there are people on here who don't like president Trump. Likewise, I know there are people on here who are proud supporters of President Trump. That aside, unless president Trump has a bridge named after him, swings a wrecking ball at a bridge, or makes a bridge great again, I really think we should not make comments about him in status updates.
Au contraire: This bridge is scheduled to be replaced with another faux pax arch bridge similar to the Grand Avenue Bridge. The old structure will be demolished in 2018 and completion of new bridge is scheduled for 2020. More here: https://urbandsm.com/downtown/locust-street-bridge-replaceme...
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Robert,
Very well put; I couldn’t agree more. People from every political affiliation are contributors to this site, but despite those differences, we all have the same thing in common—we love and treasure our historic bridges, and that will never change. Political comments create division, no matter what side you’re on. As I’ve said before, whining about political stuff is what Facebook is for (which I ignore completely, so it doesn’t affect me!); Bridgehunter is not the place for it.