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BNSF Des Moines River Bridge

Polk County, Iowa
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Overview
Warren through truss bridge over Des Moines River on BNSF Railway
Location
Swan, Polk County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1968 as part of the Red Rock Lake Project
Design
18 I-Beam Spans
2-190', 1-185' Warren Through Truss
18 I-Beam Spans
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 190.0 ft.
Total length: 2,135.0 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.48817, -93.33877   (decimal degrees)
41°29'17" N, 93°20'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/471720/4593006 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Pleasantville
Inventory number
BH 49692 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

A-frame portal (232)
Beam (6,052)
Built 1968 (86)
Built during 1960s (1,217)
Burlington Northern Railroad (15)
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (465)
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (130)
Des Moines River (159)
Iowa (3,508)
Norfolk Southern Railway (453)
Open (28,316)
Owned by railroad (4,049)
 Polk County, Iowa (114)
Railroad (4,075)
Riveted (1,011)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,484)
Steel stringer (2,328)
Swan, Iowa (2)
Through truss (9,210)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,217)
Truss (23,574)
Warren through truss (928)
Warren truss (3,961)

Update Log 

  • March 9, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added category "Burlington Northern Railroad"
  • March 9, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Corrected Design
  • July 18, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories
  • July 18, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • April 4, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Norfolk Southern Railway"
  • September 21, 2011: Added by Jason Smith

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
  • John Marvig - johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net

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