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Rock Valley US 18 Bridge

Sioux County, Iowa
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Overview

This was the predecessor to the current bridge: a steel stringer bridge built ca. 1925.

Photo taken in 1998 by Jason Smith

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Overview
Stringer bridge over Rock River on US 18
Location
Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 2002
Design
Stringer
Dimensions
Span length: 122.1 ft.
Total length: 122.1 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.20000, -96.34444   (decimal degrees)
43°12'00" N, 96°20'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/715751/4786448 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Rock Valley
Inventory numbers
IA 48231 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 36291 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2012)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 100.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
2,910

Categories 

Beam (6,156)
Built 2002 (43)
Built during 2000s (327)
Iowa (3,615)
Open (28,452)
Owned by state (9,852)
Replaced by new bridge (7,220)
 Rock River (Minnesota-Iowa) (21)
Rock Valley, Iowa (2)
Sioux County, Iowa (15)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,307)
Total length 100-125 feet (3,649)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,382)
US 18 (9)

Update Log 

  • October 26, 2012: Updated by Jason Smith: Added categories "Rock Valley, Iowa", "Replaced by new bridge"
  • October 11, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Rock River (Iowa)"
  • February 21, 2008: Added by Jason Smith

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net

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