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Abandoned Railroad Bridge

Photo taken by Chris Gonnerman in May 2012

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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Found this bridge on a trip to photograph Kilbourn Bridge. Almost couldn't see it from the road, but it's plainly visible in the satellite image.

Facts

Overview: Abandoned lattice through truss bridge over Little Lick Creek on Rock Island Railroad
Location: Van Buren County, Iowa
Status: Abandoned
History: Abandoned 1980
Design: Lattice through truss
Dimensions: Span length: 115.0 ft.
Total length: 115.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.0 ft.
Also called: KD Little Lick Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.80159, -91.96711 (decimal degrees)
40°48'06" N, 91°58'02" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/587128/4517245 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 69 N., R. 10 W., Sec. 2
USGS topographic map: Mount Zion
Inventory number: BH 52616 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

February 19, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Keokuk & Des Moines Railway"
January 28, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Corrected Stream Name
January 28, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added category "Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad"
June 3, 2012: Added by Chris Gonnerman

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Chris Gonnerman
Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com
Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com

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RI KD Little Lick Creek Bridge

Posted February 19, 2013, by Dylan VanAntwerp (dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com)

This bridge was part of the Rock Island's former KD line from Keokuk and Des Moines. This was originally built by the Keokuk & Des Moines Railroad before it was taken over by the Rock Island. The line south of Pella was abandoned and torn out in the early 1980s following the Rock Island's shutdown.

I find it very interesting that this bridge was left in place and abandoned without been demolished. There are also a lot of wooden bridges left in place on the southern half of this line.

RI Little Lick Creek Bridge