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M&STL Des Moines River Bridge

Polk County, Iowa
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Overview
Lost 4 span quadrangular through truss over Des Moines River on former M&STL
Location
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Status
Removed
Design
4 Span Quadrangular Through Truss
Dimensions
Total length: 624.0 ft.
Also called
CB&Q Des Moines River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.58399, -93.61591   (decimal degrees)
41°35'02" N, 93°36'57" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/448661/4603772 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Des Moines SE
Inventory number
BH 52800 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Chicago & North Western Railway (470)
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (130)
Des Moines River (159)
Des Moines, Iowa (64)
Iowa (3,509)
Lattice through truss (198)
Lattice truss (265)
Lost (10,373)
 Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway (82)
Polk County, Iowa (114)
Quadrangular lattice through truss (80)
Railroad (4,081)
Riveted (1,011)
Through truss (9,211)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,805)
Truss (23,575)

Update Log 

  • March 25, 2013: New photo from Luke Harden
  • March 6, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Added category "Riveted"
  • July 1, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Chicago & North Western Railway"

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Des Moines River Railroad Bridge
Posted July 1, 2012, by John Marvig (johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net)

Sorry, my bad, this is the M&STL bridge. It said TPT, and I thought it said TPG. TPT is a pin connected through truss. So then this one was shared between the CB&Q and M&STL. Check out page 98 in this file.

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Des Moines River Railroad Bridge
Posted July 1, 2012, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

Since you've got a chart for the M&StL I'll let you add the M&StL bridge

Des Moines River Railroad Bridge
Posted July 1, 2012, by John Marvig (johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net)

Yes I saw it. According to my M&STL track chart, a Chicago Northwestern bridge.

Des Moines River Railroad Bridge
Posted July 1, 2012, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

This one is the lattice in the foreground.

Des Moines River Railroad Bridge
Posted July 1, 2012, by John Marvig (johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net)

I'm not sure what this one was, but there was another just down stream, and it was the M&STL bridge, and it consisted of through plate girders...