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Locust Street Bridge

Polk County, Iowa
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Photo taken by Jason Smith in August 2011

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Overview
Arch bridge over Des Moines River on Locust Street in Des Moines
Location
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1909; rehabilitated 1967
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
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)
USGS topographic map
Des Moines SE
Inventory numbers
IA 3710 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 14256 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2011)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 38.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
11,700

Categories 

Arch (9,440)
Built 1909 (475)
Built during 1900s (4,269)
Closed-spandrel arch (2,774)
Deck arch (8,724)
Des Moines River (162)
Des Moines, Iowa (68)
Have street view (10,036)
 Iowa (3,615)
Open (28,454)
Owned by city (3,089)
Polk County, Iowa (116)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,307)
Structurally deficient (16,730)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,382)

Update Log 

  • September 19, 2011: New photos from Jason Smith
  • August 16, 2011: New Street View added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
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Locust Street Bridge
Posted May 12, 2012, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

Scheduled to be rehabbed: http://www.dmgov.org/Departments/Finance/PDF/CIP2012_BridgeCIP12.pdf