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CBQ - Fox River Bridge
Photo
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
BH Photo #264044
Description
Total length is approximate
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Warren through truss bridge over Fox River on abandoned railroad (CB&Q)
- Location
- Mt. Sterling, Van Buren County, Iowa
- Status
- Demolished
- History
- Line abandoned in 1969, bridge removed 1970s
- Railroad
- - Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
- Design
- 1 Sp. 112' Warren through truss
36 Panel Pile Trestle
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 112.0 ft.
Total length: 616.0 ft.
- Also called
- CBQ - Br. #55.54
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.61743, -91.93898 (decimal degrees)
40°37'03" N, 91°56'20" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/589748/4496830 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Mount Sterling
- Inventory number
- BH 55623 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 17, 2016: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added info from CB&Q track chart
- February 23, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added categories "Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad", "Burlington Northern Railroad", "railroad"