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180th Street Bridge

Story County, Iowa
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Car is a 1954 Ford Mainline. Image taken in 2005

Photo taken by Luke Healy

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Skunk River on a local road
Location
Story County, Iowa
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1927; rehabilitated 1974; replaced 2011
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 140.1 ft.
Total length: 141.1 ft.
Deck width: 18.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.3 ft.
Also called
Peterson Pits Bridge
Peterson Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.09258, -93.58600   (decimal degrees)
42°05'33" N, 93°35'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/451539/4660222 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 84 N., R. 24 W., Sec. 12
USGS topographic map
Ames East
Inventory numbers
IA 315540 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 14443 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2008)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 23.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
350

Categories 

A-frame portal (232)
Built 1927 (533)
Built during 1920s (7,033)
Have street view (9,891)
Iowa (3,506)
Lost (10,365)
Lost 2011 (254)
Lost during 2010s (682)
One-lane traffic (7,112)
Owned by county (16,489)
 Pratt through truss (3,166)
Pratt truss (5,660)
Replaced by new bridge (7,136)
Skunk River (65)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,954)
Story County, Iowa (94)
Structurally deficient (16,678)
Through truss (9,209)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,137)
Truss (23,573)

Update Log 

  • July 20, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • November 30, 2011: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • September 1, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: Added loss date and alternate names
  • August 31, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: changed name
  • July 17, 2011: New photo from Luke Harden
  • June 26, 2011: New photo from Luke Harden
  • June 25, 2011: New photo from Luke Harden
  • June 3, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: Bridge is currently being replaced
  • February 12, 2011: New Street View added by Jason Smith

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
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180th Street Bridge
Posted August 23, 2012, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

I remember the view of this bridge from the Skunk River being rather pleasing.

180th Street Bridge
Posted August 22, 2012, by Don Morrison

Q. What if they put a 75 foot high dam in the area of Peterson Pits, holding back 94,000 acre-feet of water?

A.They almost did, planned to be complete in 1976. The Skunk River bridges from Ames to Story City would have been inundated under the surface of Ames Lake.

"Bridges and causeways are planned at Soper's Mill and at the site of another present bridge two miles upstream. The bridge a mile below Soper's Mill would be abandoned."

At least this old bridge got to serve it's purpose until 2011.

Interesting info here:

http://southamesbiz.com/amesreservoirhistory.html

Skunk River Bridge
Posted May 22, 2011, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

This bridge is in the process of being removed and replaced. Tis a shame to see it go. http://www.storycounty.com/index.aspx?DN=7560,18,6,1,Documents