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UP - White Oak Creek Bridge

Polk County, Iowa

Photos 

Looking East

Photo taken by Daniel Barnes in March 2017

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BH Photo #383720

Map 

Description 

Approaches are secondhand material

Facts 

Overview
Bridge over White Oak Creek on Railroad
Location
Polk County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1941 using secondhand approaches
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York
- List & Weatherly Construction Co. of Kansas City, Missouri (Substructure)
Railroads
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Deck plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.84114, -93.51979   (decimal degrees)
41°50'28" N, 93°31'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/456845/4632269 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Elkhart
Inventory number
BH 55335 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,660)
Built 1941 (483)
Built during 1940s (4,232)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,447)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (1,158)
Deck girder (6,299)
Girder (11,163)
Iowa (6,789)
 List & Weatherly Construction Co. (18)
Open (40,961)
Owned by railroad (13,486)
Plate girder (8,719)
Polk County, Iowa (281)
Railroad (16,447)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,473)

Update Log 

  • December 8, 2021: Updated by John Marvig: added builder
  • March 26, 2017: New photo from Daniel Barnes
  • January 26, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

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