Facts
- Overview
- Three-span through truss bridge over Raccoon River on SW 5th Street in Des Moines
- Location
- Polk County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1898; rehabilitated 1998
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 134.8 ft.
Total length: 400.9 ft.
Deck width: 16.4 ft.
- Recognition
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Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 15, 1998
- Inventory numbers
- IA 4041 (Iowa bridge number)
NRHP 98000487 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 14264 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 07/1998)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
- Average daily traffic (as of 2000)
- 9,894