Rating:
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Grand Avenue Bridge (1918)
Facts
- 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
- Builders
- - Dana Thomas of Des Moines, Iowa (City Engineer; Designer)
- William Horrabin Construction Co. of Iowa City, Iowa
- Design
- Closed-spandrel arch
- Dimensions
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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
- Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
- 8,200
- Inventory numbers
- IA 3721 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 14250 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of July 2017)
- Sufficiency rating: 32.9 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- November 3, 2020: Updated by Luke: Added designer
- 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
Related Bridges
- Grand Avenue Bridge (Older) (Predecessor)
- Grand Avenue Bridge (2017) (Successor)
Sources
- Luke
- Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
- Circuiti Nel Mondo - Map of the Des Moines Grand Prix circuit
- Andy Winegar
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Daniel Barnes
- Good Roads Volume 50 - Book
Comments
Grand Avenue Bridge
Jason--You're slipping some German into your sentences!
Grand Avenue Bridge
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
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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. ;-)