MILW - Skunk River Bridge (Old)

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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

Map 

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 1907, Replaced 1912

Builder

- Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Railroad

- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW; CMStP&P; CMStP)

Design

Pratt pony truss

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 

Update Log 

• 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

Related Bridges 

• MILW - Skunk River Bridge (Successor)

Sources 

• Luke
• John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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