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Interurban Trail Bridge

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Interurban Trail Bridge

Photo taken by John Marvig July 2012

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Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Des Moines River on Interurban Trail
Location
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1902, Abandoned 1982; Converted to trail use 1998, repaired 2012
Design
4 - 127' Pratt Through Truss Spans
4 Spans Trestle (non authentic)
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 127.0 ft.
Total length: 615.0 ft.
Also called
DCI Des Moines River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.62444, -93.64443   (decimal degrees)
41°37'28" N, 93°38'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/446317/4608280 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Des Moines NW
Inventory number
BH 49355 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log 

  • December 9, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: trestle approaches replaced this fall
  • October 21, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Interurban"
  • July 22, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added information after seeing up close
  • July 2, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added abandonment date to history
  • June 26, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Des Moines & Central Iowa Railroad "
  • May 11, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Rail-to-trail", "Des Moines & Central Iowa Railroad "
  • August 15, 2011: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Picture
  • John Marvig - johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net

Comments 

Interurban Trail Bridge
Posted December 9, 2012, by John Marvig (johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net)

http://www.bikeiowa.com/News/5623/inter-urban-trail-bridge-closure

Repaired recently, including the replacement of the trestle approaches. Looking at the westernmost pier, I can see why the piers were repaired.