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16th Street Bridge

Story County, Iowa
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Overview
Pony truss bridge over Skunk River on 16th Street in Ames
Location
Ames, Story County, Iowa
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1958; rehabilitated 1974; replaced 2007
Design
Pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 89.9 ft.
Total length: 277.2 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.00831, -93.59588   (decimal degrees)
42°00'30" N, 93°35'45" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/450656/4650870 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 83 N., R. 24 W., Sec. 13
USGS topographic map
Ames East
Inventory numbers
IA 314860 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 14440 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/1998)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 45.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1991)
90

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Ames, Iowa (37)
Built 1958 (214)
Built during 1950s (2,382)
Have street view (9,880)
Iowa (3,491)
Lost (10,352)
Lost 2007 (196)
Lost during 2000s (3,090)
One-lane traffic (7,111)
 Owned by city (3,045)
Pony truss (13,215)
Replaced by new bridge (7,131)
Skunk River (65)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,718)
Story County, Iowa (94)
Structurally deficient (16,675)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,367)
Truss (23,559)

Update Log 

  • May 10, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • May 8, 2012: New Street View added by Luke Harden
  • September 4, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: Changed Name
  • August 21, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: Added lost date.
  • July 27, 2011: New Street View added by Ben Tate
  • July 26, 2011: New photo from Luke Harden
  • June 3, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: Status Update

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  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Skunk River Bridge
Posted August 23, 2011, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

Well if they're needing a bridge to used then they should just take this bridge:http://www.bridgehunter.com/ia/story/314920/ It's historic, one of the spans being the oldest pinned warren truss in the state, and at least put it to use instead of leaving it to sit there.

Skunk River Bridge
Posted August 23, 2011, by jim wilcox (jwsknk [at] iastate [dot] edu)

plan was to use the old bridge as part of Skunk River Bike Trail over Squaw Creek just to the north. Span might have come up just short.

Skunk River Bridge
Posted August 21, 2011, by K. A. Erickson

Well if someone does not find a spot to reuse it, the bridge will become lost. Same thing happened with the Whitney Road Bridge. They built a fancy new UCEB and placed the old truss in the middle of a field next to the road. It sat there for a couple years and then just disappeared, scrapped most likely.

Skunk River Bridge
Posted August 21, 2011, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Might want to amend the LOST status.....as the bridge does still exist.

Skunk River Bridge
Posted May 28, 2011, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

Bridge confirmed as replaced via google streeview along with a photo on panoramio: http://www.panoramio.com/user/246368?comment_page=4&photo_page=3

Skunk River Bridge
Posted May 28, 2011, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

This bridge appears to have been replaced.