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UP Skunk River Bridge (Nevada/DSM Line)

Story County, Iowa
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Overview
Steel pony girder bridge on railroad over Skunk River
Location
Story County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
Design
4 span Pony plate girder bridge
Dimensions
Total length: 400.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.91602, -93.52827   (decimal degrees)
41°54'58" N, 93°31'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/456192/4640587 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Huxley
Inventory number
BH 49472 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Chicago & North Western Railway (470)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (335)
Girder (3,239)
Iowa (3,507)
Open (28,314)
Owned by railroad (4,046)
Plate girder (2,251)
 Railroad (4,075)
Skunk River (65)
Story County, Iowa (94)
Through girder (1,135)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)
Union Pacific Railroad (793)

Update Log 

  • November 9, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • October 14, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Edited name
  • February 16, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Chicago & North Western Railway", "Union Pacific Railroad"
  • September 18, 2011: New photo from Luke Harden
  • September 1, 2011: Updated by Jason Smith: According to Google satelite, all four spans consist of steel pony plate girders
  • September 1, 2011: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
  • John Marvig - johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net

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