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MILW - Skunk River Bridge (1901)

Story County, Iowa

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Photo provided by Hank Zaletel

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

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BH Photo #261177

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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)

Categories 

Beam (17,108)
Built 1901 (582)
Built during 1900s (7,736)
Cambridge, Iowa (6)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (1,112)
Concrete stringer (880)
Iowa (6,818)
Lost (29,976)
Lost 1912 (50)
Lost during 1910s (748)
 Owned by railroad (13,727)
Pony truss (17,223)
Pratt pony truss (4,020)
Pratt truss (10,535)
Railroad (16,665)
Replaced by new bridge (20,395)
South Skunk River (52)
Story County, Iowa (163)
Timber stringer (4,390)
Truss (36,746)

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

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