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IAIS - Nishnabotna River Bridge

Pottawattamie County, Iowa

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Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Nishnabotna River on Railroad
Location
Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1953 as part of a line relocation
Railroads
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS)
Design
6 Span Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 538.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.38131, -95.37741   (decimal degrees)
41°22'53" N, 95°22'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/301205/4583814 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Avoca NW
Inventory number
BH 55053 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1953 (327)
Built during 1950s (3,844)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (1,111)
Deck girder (5,744)
Girder (10,233)
Iowa (6,497)
Iowa Interstate Railroad (187)
Nishnabotna River (72)
 Open (39,882)
Owned by railroad (12,422)
Plate girder (7,922)
Pottawattamie County, Iowa (140)
Railroad (15,411)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,394)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,871)

Update Log 

  • April 3, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • December 30, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

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