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CNW Grand Avenue Overpass #2

Story County, Iowa
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Description 

Part of the Ames-Slater CNW line.

Facts 

Overview
Lost pony plate girder bridge over Grand Avenue
Location
Ames, Story County, Iowa
Status
Removed
History
Built 1937; Removed ca. 1985
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York
- Ben Cole & Son of Ames, Iowa
Design
Pony plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.02396, -93.62032   (decimal degrees)
42°01'26" N, 93°37'13" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/448646/4652622 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Ames East
Inventory number
BH 49292 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (449)
Ames, Iowa (37)
Beam (6,052)
Ben Cole & Son (6)
Built 1937 (544)
Built during 1930s (8,551)
Chicago & North Western Railway (470)
Girder (3,241)
Iowa (3,509)
Lost (10,373)
 Lost 1985 (37)
Lost during 1980s (436)
Plate girder (2,253)
Railroad (4,081)
Riveted (1,011)
Steel stringer (2,328)
Story County, Iowa (94)
Through girder (1,137)
US 69 (26)

Update Log 

  • August 16, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Adde builders
  • August 16, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • June 25, 2012: New photo from Luke Harden
  • April 11, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad"
  • August 23, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: Correected type
  • August 5, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: Removed the streetview as it was of the other underpass that still exists.
  • August 5, 2011: New Street View added by Jason Smith

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
  • John Marvig - johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net
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Grand Avenue Underpass #2
Posted May 15, 2012, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

This bridge was likely removed when the Ames-Slater line was abandoned in the 80s