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UP Squaw Creek Bridge

Story County, Iowa
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Photo taken by Luke Harden in April 2012

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Overview
Deck girder bridge twin spans over Squaw Creek on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Ames, Story County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1898 by Lassig Bridge & Iron Works replacing a pony truss bridge, one span replaced later
Builders
- Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois
- Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Design
3-75' Twin Deck plate girder spans
The both tracks of the easternmost two spans 1898 Lassig Bridge and Iron works, along with the WB main on the western most span, but the EB span contains a Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Works tag
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 75.0 ft.
Total length: 225.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.02703, -93.62864   (decimal degrees)
42°01'37" N, 93°37'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/447959/4652968 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Ames West
Inventory number
BH 49288 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Ames, Iowa (37)
Built 1898 (161)
Built during 1890s (1,556)
Chicago & North Western Railway (473)
Deck girder (1,802)
Girder (3,241)
Have street view (9,908)
Iowa (3,511)
Lassig Bridge & Iron Works (39)
 Open (28,320)
Owned by railroad (4,052)
Plate girder (2,253)
Railroad (4,083)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,719)
Story County, Iowa (94)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,790)
Union Pacific Railroad (797)
Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. (67)

Update Log 

  • July 25, 2012: New photos from John Marvig
  • July 24, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • April 10, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added build date based on a plaque & builders based on plaques
  • February 16, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Chicago & North Western Railway"
  • February 8, 2012: New photo from Luke Harden
  • September 18, 2011: New photo from Luke Harden
  • September 11, 2011: New photo from Luke Harden
  • August 5, 2011: Added by Luke Harden

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Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • John Marvig - johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net
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Union Pacific Squaw Creek Bridge
Posted April 10, 2012, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

The middle set of spans has a plaque for Lassig Bridge & Iron Works dated 1898, so I'm listing that as the build date, another set of spans shows the spot where a plaque SHOULD be, and the area looks to fit the footprint of that of the Lassig plaque (but I'd like your second opinion on that.).

The third set of spans had a Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. "plaque." (it's more of a tab), so either a derailment or flooding caused the loss of that set of spans, because I' say they are younger than the other two sets of spans.