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597th Avenue Underpass

Story County, Iowa
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Photo taken by Bill Dunbar

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Overview
Box culvert on Heart of Iowa Trail
Location
Story County, Iowa
Status
Open to to pedestrians and cyclists
History
Built 1912.
Also called
Mousehole
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.89697, -93.50848   (decimal degrees)
41°53'49" N, 93°30'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/457821/4638461 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Huxley
Inventory number
BH 49221 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1912 (523)
Built during 1910s (6,729)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (281)
Iowa (3,499)
Open (28,304)
Owned by county (16,484)
Rail-to-trail (494)
Railroad (4,068)
Rigid frame (198)
Story County, Iowa (94)

Update Log 

  • January 26, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad"
  • July 27, 2011: Updated by Jason Smith: Made changes to the information in terms of location and bridge type
  • July 27, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: changed design info

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
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597th Avenue Underpass
Posted August 23, 2011, by jim wilcox (jwsknk [at] iastate [dot] edu)

built around 1912 when the railroad relocated the line through that area making the cut to the right and filling to the left (west)

597th Avenue Underpass
Posted August 23, 2011, by jim wilcox (jwsknk [at] iastate [dot] edu)

also known locally and by Story County Conservation as "Mousehole"

597th avenue tunnel
Posted July 27, 2011, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

People usually refer to them as tunnels if they are very long. I consider a tunnel to be cut through existing geology. This is probably more formally a rigid frame concrete bridge. Still, cool to honk the horn for the kids in all of us.

597th avenue tunnel
Posted July 27, 2011, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

I honestly don't know whether to classify it as a bridge or a tunnel.