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)

Categories 

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

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