Rating:
49292
{50}%
2 votes
CNW - Grand Avenue Overpass (S)
Photo
© Iowa Department of Transportation
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BH Photo #259092
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
- - Ben Cole & Sons Construction Co. of Ames, Iowa (Erection)
- Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Fabrication)
- Railroad
- - Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- 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)
- Quadrangle map:
- Ames East
- Inventory number
- BH 49292 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 13, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Corrected builder
- July 7, 2013: New photo from Luke Harden
- 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
- Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com