Rating:
No votes cast

MILW - Skunk River Bridge (1912)

Story County, Iowa

Photos 

Modern trail bridge on old bridge's piers.

Photo taken by Carl Wycoff

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

Enlarge

View this photo on Flickr

BH Photo #283227

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Skunk River on Milwaukee Road
Location
Cambridge, Story County, Iowa
Status
Removed
History
Built 1912, Removed 1982
Builders
- Charles Frederick Loweth of Cleveland, Ohio (MILW Chief Engineer)
- J. H. Prior (MILW Bridge Designer)
Railroad
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 75.0 ft.
Total length: 375.0 ft.
Also called
MILW Bridge #Z-1094
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.89512, -93.51794   (decimal degrees)
41°53'42" N, 93°31'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/457034/4638261 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Huxley
Inventory number
BH 60856 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1912 (870)
Built during 1910s (9,971)
Cambridge, Iowa (6)
Charles Frederick Loweth (28)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (1,108)
Deck girder (6,305)
Girder (11,173)
Iowa (6,793)
J. H. Prior (18)
Lost (28,514)
 Lost 1982 (113)
Lost during 1980s (1,533)
Plate girder (8,728)
Rail-to-trail (1,656)
Railroad (16,460)
South Skunk River (52)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,654)
Story County, Iowa (163)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,511)

Update Log 

  • May 5, 2022: New photo from Luke
  • March 2, 2019: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
  • January 2, 2017: New photo from Luke
  • October 17, 2016: Updated by Dana and Kay Klein: South Skunk
  • May 5, 2014: Added by Luke Harden

Related Bridges 

Sources 

Comments 

Post a comment here