Facts
- Overview
- Arch bridge over Des Moines River on University Avenue in Des Moines
- Location
- Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built ca. 1920; rehabilitated 1966
- Design
- Arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 172.9 ft.
Total length: 849.1 ft.
Deck width: 49.9 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.60037, -93.61528 (decimal degrees)
41°36'01" N, 93°36'55" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/448726/4605589 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Des Moines SE
- Inventory numbers
- IA 3770 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 14268 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 07/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 47.6 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
- 24,400