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Eight Street Viaduct
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Photo taken by Daniel Barnes in February 2017
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BH Photo #378427
Description
Formerly crossed multiple rail lines & yards, now a vital artery into downtown Des Moines.
Facts
- Overview
- Steel and concrete stringer bridge over Martin Luther King Jr Parkway on 8th Street
- Location
- Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to Northbound traffic
- History
- Built 1968
- Design
- Steel stringer main spans with concrete stringer approaches
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.58172, -93.62570 (decimal degrees)
41°34'54" N, 93°37'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/447842/4603525 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Des Moines SW
- Inventory number
- BH 75555 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 10, 2017: Added by Daniel Barnes