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Ames & College Railway Bridge

Story County, Iowa
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Photo taken by Luke Harden in April 2012

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Overview
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Squaw Creek on Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad (former Ames and College Railroad) in Ames
Location
Ames, Story County, Iowa
Status
Replaced by new bridge
Design
Timber stringer
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.02675, -93.62883   (decimal degrees)
42°01'36" N, 93°37'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/447943/4652937 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Ames West
Inventory number
BH 52020 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Ames & College Railway (2)
Ames, Iowa (37)
Beam (6,156)
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad (12)
Interurban (130)
Iowa (3,615)
 Lost (10,494)
Railroad (4,223)
Replaced by new bridge (7,218)
Story County, Iowa (95)
Timber stringer (1,894)

Update Log 

  • July 18, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Reverted back to old default image
  • July 18, 2012: New photos from Jacob P. Bernard
  • April 17, 2012: New photo from Luke Harden
  • April 11, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad"
  • April 10, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Ames & College Railway"

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Ames & College Railway Bridge
Posted July 19, 2012, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Personally, I prefer the Black and White photo for the default as it shows the actual bridge and not just the bridge location. The color image certainly belongs here as it does document that the bridge is lost, but I would rather have a bridge photograph as the default. Just my $0.02.