Rating:
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Hawk Drive Bridge

Van Buren County, Iowa

Photos 

Hawk Drive Bridge

Photo taken by Dave King on August 30, 2013

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BH Photo #265204

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Coppers Creek on Hawk Drive
Location
Van Buren County, Iowa
Status
Closed to all traffic
History
Built 1906
Builder
- Clinton Bridge & Iron Works of Clinton, Iowa
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.1 ft.
Total length: 81.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.75111, -91.88626   (decimal degrees)
40°45'04" N, 91°53'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/594019/4511725 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mount Zion
Land survey
T. 69 N., R. 9 W., Sec. 27
Inventory numbers
IA 328550 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 14561 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

5-panel truss (487)
A-frame portal (424)
Built 1906 (627)
Built during 1900s (7,267)
Clinton Bridge & Iron Works (71)
Closed (2,671)
Des Moines River (228)
Historic Bridge Weekend 2013 (145)
Iowa (6,534)
Owned by county (20,871)
 Pin-connected (3,932)
Pratt through truss (5,436)
Pratt truss (9,360)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,454)
Structurally deficient (14,092)
Through truss (15,216)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,598)
Truss (33,018)
Van Buren County, Iowa (83)
Wooden deck (6,084)

Update Log 

  • April 1, 2015: Updated by Dave King: Added categories "A-frame portal", "5-panel truss"
  • August 30, 2013: New photos from Dave King
  • January 23, 2012: Updated by Jason Smith: Fixed the GPS coordinates. Bridge is closed to all traffic

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Hawk Drive Bridge
Posted December 26, 2014, by Jason Smith (JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net)

This bridge has been barracaded to all traffic from as far as a half mile back. From the south end it has been gated off, while the north end is fenced off 500 feet from the STOP sign at the end of private property. Looks like the only chance to see it is with permission, unless the bridge is removed otherwise.