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IAIS - Ashworth Park Bridge
Photos
Photo taken by Jeff Gitchel
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
BH Photo #231682
Facts
- Overview
- Warren Through Truss bridge over Trail and Walnut Creek on Iowa Interstate Railroad
- Location
- Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1897; Replaced 2017
- Railroads
- - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS)
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway (MSTL)
- Design
- Warren through truss with all verticals
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 113.0 ft.
Total length: 157.0 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)
- Quadrangle map:
- Des Moines SW
- Inventory numbers
- IA 281000 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 49360 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 7, 2017: Updated by Luke: Replaced
- April 24, 2017: Updated by Luke: Doomed
- July 4, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: added dimensions
- 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
Related Bridges
- M&StL - Walnut Creek Bridge (Upstream)
Sources
- Luke
- Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Lost Des Moines Facebook Group - Imagery
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This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ia/polk/ashworth-park/
This one is curious. A 1897 date stamp, and the bridge appears to have been a ca. 1900 to ca. 1905 span. The old second track (http://bridgehunter.com/ia/polk/bh75590/) gave a date of 1901.
The replacement contractor gives further information:
https://amcohron-son.com/projects/one-day-iais-bridge-job/
"The bridge was originally built in 1902, piers rebuilt in 1943. "
Except, it appears the piers were part of the 1897/1901 bridge. The 1902 date does seem appropriate for the truss. There are two other bridges on this line that also appear to have been moved in the mid-1940s:
http://bridgehunter.com/ia/dallas/bh51119/
http://bridgehunter.com/ia/jasper/iais/
The Rock Island did a lot of realignments in southeast Iowa during the mid 1940s, and at least 3 spans like this are have known to existed down there. It is possible that these spans could have all been moved from out east as the railroad upgraded lines.