Ashworth Park Bridge

Photos 

Photo taken by Jeff Gitchel

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Map 

Description 

Facts 

Overview

Truss bridge over Trail and Walnut Creek on railroad

Location

Linden Heights, Polk County, Iowa

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1897

Design

Warren through truss with all verticals

Dimensions

Span length: 23.0 ft.
Total length: 23.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.56860, -93.67931   (decimal degrees)
41°34'07" N, 93°40'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/443362/4602103 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Des Moines SW

Inventory numbers

IA 281000 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 49360 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 08/1999)

Average daily traffic (as of 1996)

550

Categories 

Update Log 

• March 5, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Added build date
• November 19, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Formerly double tracked bridge
• September 2, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added category "Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway"
• May 10, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Riveted"
• January 25, 2012: Updated by Jason Smith: This bridge is a subdivided Warren through truss
• January 25, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Iowa Interstate Railroad"
• August 15, 2011: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

• Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
• John Marvig - johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net

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