Rating:
51351
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1 vote
MILW - Skunk River Bridge (1901)
Description
Information comes from drawings located at the Milwaukee Road Archives at the Milwaukee Central Library.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pony truss bridge over South Skunk River on Railroad (MILW)
- Location
- Cambridge, Story County, Iowa
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1901, Replaced 1912
- Railroad
- - Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
- Design
- Pratt pony truss
- Also called
- MILW Bridge #Z-1094
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.89489, -93.51783 (decimal degrees)
41°53'42" N, 93°31'04" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/457043/4638235 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Huxley
- Inventory number
- BH 51351 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 5, 2022: Updated by John Marvig: Corrected build date
- July 28, 2013: New photo from Luke Harden
- March 16, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Added lost date
- February 23, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad"
- February 20, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Guessed the location of the bridge