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FDDM - East University Avenue Overpass

Polk County, Iowa

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Steel stringer bridge over EastUniversity Avenue on Ft. Dodge, Des Moines & Southern
Location
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Built 1941; Removed 1967
Builder
- E.A. Kramme Co. of Des Moines, Iowa
Railroads
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railway (FDDM)
- Interurban
Design
Steel stringer
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.60052, -93.58215   (decimal degrees)
41°36'02" N, 93°34'56" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/451487/4605587 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 84292 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (14,473)
Built 1941 (445)
Built during 1940s (3,910)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,327)
Des Moines, Iowa (114)
E.A. Kramme Co. (8)
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railway (57)
Interurban (859)
 Iowa (6,219)
Lost (22,446)
Lost 1967 (55)
Lost during 1960s (619)
Owned by railroad (11,159)
Polk County, Iowa (261)
Railroad (14,408)
Steel stringer (5,657)

Update Log 

  • June 7, 2019: New photo from Luke
  • January 25, 2019: Added by Luke

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FDDM - East University Avenue Overpass
Posted June 7, 2019, by Andy Winegar

I believe the CGW bridge is the one that has been removed, along with the entirety of the CGW trackage in the Des Moines area, not the FDDM&S structure. CNW bought all 3 predecessor railroads- FDDM&S in 1960, the CGW in 1968, and the Rock Island Spine Line in the early '80s. When they bought the Spine Line, the CGW became superfluous. It retained the FDDM&S through Des Moines as kind of a second main track to the Spine, while gradually abandoning the Great Western trackage.