Rating:
55737
{79}%
6 votes
CBQ - Des Moines River Bridge (Iowa Power & Light Co.)
Photos
Ca. Summer 1958
The CB&Q bridge is on the left.
Photo provided by Lost Des Moines
BH Photo #250067
Description
Historical information comes from the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Collection located at the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Through truss bridge over Des Moines River on Railroad Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
- Location
- Pleasant Hill, Polk County, Iowa
- Status
- Removed
- History
- Built 1879, Removed 1974
- Railroad
- - Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
- Design
- Through truss
- Dimensions
-
Total length: 456.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.55174, -93.52716 (decimal degrees)
41°33'06" N, 93°31'38" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/456036/4600142 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Des Moines SE
- Inventory number
- BH 55737 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 24, 2022: Updated by John Marvig: added build date
- June 8, 2019: New photo from Luke
- January 17, 2016: New photo from Luke
- January 8, 2016: New photo from Luke
- November 19, 2014: Updated by Don Morrison: Changed the location since the old IA46/SE 45th street bridge is also shown in a photo
- November 19, 2014: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: This bridge definitely NOT 4,564,356.0 feet long!!!!!
- March 7, 2013: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
- March 6, 2013: Added by Luke Harden
David, your postcard is NOT of this bridge, as the old covered bridge was on the Raccoon River.
http://bridgehunter.com/ia/polk/bh65728/