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IAIS - 8th Street Southwest Overpass

Polk County, Iowa

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Photo taken by Bradley J. Grefe

View this photo at railpictures.net

BH Photo #241432

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Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over 8th Street SW on Railroad
Location
Altoona, Polk County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
Builder
- Iowa Bridge Co. of Des Moines, Iowa
Railroads
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Span length: 42.0 ft.
Total length: 42.0 ft.
Also called
RI - 8th Street Southwest Overpass (W)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.64384, -93.48108   (decimal degrees)
41°38'38" N, 93°28'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/459936/4610345 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Altoona
Inventory numbers
IA 40450 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 53907 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Altoona, Iowa (8)
Beam (14,716)
Built 1955 (441)
Built during 1950s (3,709)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (1,037)
Girder (9,484)
Have street view (25,821)
Iowa (6,262)
Iowa Bridge Co. (58)
Iowa Interstate Railroad (185)
Open (38,663)
 Owned by railroad (11,512)
Plate girder (7,276)
Polk County, Iowa (267)
Railroad (14,685)
Skewed (4,822)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,141)
Steel stringer (5,752)
Through girder (3,509)
Total length 25-50 feet (10,829)
US 6 (119)

Update Log 

  • January 25, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • October 21, 2018: Updated by Luke: Merged 1996 NBI
  • May 7, 2014: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • April 4, 2014: New Street View added by Luke Harden
  • November 9, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • October 14, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

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