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280th Street Bridge

Story County, Iowa

Photos 

Photo taken by Jordan Cook

View this photo at mw2.google.com

BH Photo #227306

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over South Skunk River on 280th Street
Location
Story County, Iowa
Status
Open
History
Built 1929; rehabilitated 1975
Design
Warren pony truss with all verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 89.9 ft.
Total length: 184.1 ft.
Deck width: 16.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.95046, -93.55157   (decimal degrees)
41°57'02" N, 93°33'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/454285/4644422 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Huxley
Land survey
T. 82 N., R. 23 W., Sec. 5
Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
60
Inventory numbers
IA 313990 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 14437 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of January 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 41.9 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Built 1929 (1,013)
Built during 1920s (9,922)
Iowa (6,499)
One-lane traffic (7,606)
Open (39,882)
Owned by county (20,783)
Painted Surf Green (11)
Painted green (156)
Pony truss (16,184)
 South Skunk River (50)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,428)
Story County, Iowa (160)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,265)
Truss (32,786)
Warren pony truss (3,358)
Warren pony truss with all verticals (459)
Warren truss (6,564)
Wooden deck (6,069)

Update Log 

  • July 26, 2018: Updated by Luke: Repaired and will be reopened to traffic with an 8 ton weight limit.
  • May 19, 2018: New photos from Daniel Barnes
  • November 16, 2017: Updated by Luke: Closed as of November 15th; Damaged due to suspected overweight vehicle crossing.
  • October 17, 2016: Updated by Dana and Kay Klein: South Skunk
  • March 7, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • September 7, 2011: New photos from Jason Smith
  • September 4, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: Changed name

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • Dana and Kay Klein
  • Daniel Barnes
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Comments 

280th Street Bridge
Posted December 7, 2017, by Luke

"Repairing the bridge could cost somewhere between $80,000 and $190,000 depending on the scale of repairs. Moon said if everything goes perfectly, the repair work could begin in about six months. If not, it could take a year or so.

Replacing the bridge could cost $1.5 million or more. In the best case scenario, it would be 18 months before construction starts on a new bridge, Moon said."

"To Sanders, the county has four options: repair the bridge; start the process of replacing it; acquire the land the bridge is on, which is slightly more expensive than replacing the bridge; or find a way to work with the city of Ames to turn its private road near the water plant back into a public road the county would maintain.

“I don’t particularly like any of those options, but that’s the only four options that I see,” he said"

ttp://www.amestrib.com/news/20171128/supervisors-get-cost-timeline-information-on-closed-bridge

280th Street Bridge
Posted November 16, 2017, by Luke

http://www.amestrib.com/news/20171115/bridge-closes-in-south...