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DCI IA-415 Bridge

Polk County, Iowa
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Photo taken by Bradley J. Grefe

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Overview
Steel Stringer Bridge over IA-415 (2nd Ave) on Union Pacific Railroad (Ex DCI)
Location
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Buil;t 1942
Design
2 span Steel stringer with trestle approach
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 32.0 ft.
Total length: 185.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.64053, -93.61996   (decimal degrees)
41°38'26" N, 93°37'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/448368/4610051 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Des Moines NE
Inventory numbers
IA 41050 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 52447 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Average daily traffic (as of 1989)
16,000

Categories 

"Truck-Eating" (11)
Beam (6,042)
Built 1942 (162)
Built during 1940s (2,795)
Chicago & North Western Railway (470)
Des Moines & Central Iowa Railway (5)
Des Moines, Iowa (64)
Have street view (9,883)
IA 415 (2)
Interurban (122)
 Iowa (3,501)
Open (28,306)
Owned by railroad (4,039)
Polk County, Iowa (114)
Railroad (4,070)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,049)
Steel stringer (2,323)
Timber stringer (1,858)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,789)
Union Pacific Railroad (793)

Update Log 

  • March 3, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Edi8ted history section and reverted reporting mark to the proper one.
  • March 3, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: added construction date
  • November 10, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • May 25, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • May 13, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Railroad", "Union Pacific Railroad", "Chicago & North Western Railway", "Des Moines & Central Iowa Railroad "

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Flickr - Image
  • John Marvig - johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net

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