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Mud creek 2

View looking to the NW

Photo taken by James Holzmeier ca. 1997

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)

BH Photo #312992

Overview: Pony Plate Girder Bridge over Mud Creek on Railroad
Location: Runnells, Polk County, Iowa
Status: Open to rail traffic
History: Bridge built during a line relocation project thru Runnells, as part of the Lake Red Rock Dam project
Railroads: - BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
- Norfolk & Western Railway (N&W)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
Design: Pony plate girder/steel stringer
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 111.0 ft.
Total length: 447.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.50948, -93.36988 (decimal degrees)
41°30'34" N, 93°22'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/469132/4595382 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Runnells
Inventory number: BH 55333 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

February 23, 2019: New photo from Luke
December 1, 2016: New photos from Daniel Barnes
January 9, 2015: New photos from James Holzmeier
November 7, 2014: Updated by James Holzmeier: Updated bridge history
June 30, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added categories "Burlington Northern Railroad", "Norfolk & Western Railway", "Wabash Railroad"
January 26, 2013: Added by Luke Harden