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Grand Avenue Bridge (Old)

Polk County, Iowa
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Overview
Arch bridge over Des Moines River on Grand Avenue in Des Moines
Location
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Status
Demolished
History
Built 1918; rehabilitated 1968; Demolished 2016-17
Builder
- William Horrabin Construction Co. of Iowa City, Iowa
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 495.1 ft.
Deck width: 65.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.58916, -93.61874   (decimal degrees)
41°35'21" N, 93°37'07" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/448429/4604347 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Des Moines SE
Inventory numbers
IA 3721 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 14250 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2013)
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: 57.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
8,200

Categories 

Arch (11,134)
Built 1918 (436)
Built during 1910s (8,699)
Closed-spandrel arch (3,568)
Deck arch (10,377)
Des Moines River (217)
Des Moines, Iowa (110)
Have street view (21,731)
Iowa (5,731)
Lost (18,472)
 Lost 2017 (67)
Lost during 2010s (1,918)
Owned by city (4,453)
Polk County, Iowa (239)
Racetrack (19)
Replaced by new bridge (12,213)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,994)
Structurally deficient (18,336)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,560)
William Horrabin Construction Co. (4)

Update Log 

  • August 8, 2017: Updated by Luke: Added builder
  • February 2, 2017: Updated by Andy Winegar: Updated name to "Old" and changes status to "Demolished"
  • January 26, 2017: New photo from Daniel Barnes
  • October 13, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • October 13, 2016: Updated by Luke: In the process of being demolished
  • September 18, 2016: Updated by Andy Winegar: Changed status: Closed, awaiting demolition & replacement
  • July 17, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added category "Racetrack" as it was used in the Des Moines Grand Prix course 89-94
  • February 3, 2014: Updated by Jason Smith: This bridge is scheduled to be replaced in 2015; potentially one of many arch bridges in visier of the City of Des Moines and Shuck Britson, the engineering firm
  • 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

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Grand Avenue Bridge
Posted February 3, 2014, by Jason Smith (JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net)

Well, technically in visier is French but is used by Germans to say "to be targeted for sth." I personally like the style used in the English language. ;-)

Grand Avenue Bridge
Posted February 3, 2014, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

Jason--You're slipping some German into your sentences!

Grand Avenue Bridge
Posted January 31, 2014, by Andy W (zzjitterzz [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Trouble:

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20140131/NEWS/30131...

I honestly don't see how they can even think of not using arches again. They're so iconic that Des Moines' city flag is of the river arches