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RI - Crooked Creek Bridge

Van Buren County, Iowa

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Crooked Creek on abandoned railroad (former RI)
Location
Van Buren County, Iowa
Status
Demolished
History
Abandoned and removed ca. 1980
Railroads
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Keokuk & Des Moines Railway (K&DM)
Design
1 Sp. 25' Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Span length: 25.0 ft.
Total length: 25.0 ft.
Also called
RI Br. #253
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.58747, -91.68788   (decimal degrees)
40°35'15" N, 91°41'16" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/611038/4493791 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Croton
Inventory number
BH 74245 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (1,111)
Deck girder (5,744)
Girder (10,233)
Iowa (6,499)
Keokuk & Des Moines Railway (16)
Lost (24,730)
 Owned by railroad (12,422)
Plate girder (7,922)
Railroad (15,412)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,668)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,193)
Van Buren County, Iowa (83)

Update Log 

  • November 2, 2016: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added categories "Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad", "railroad", "Keokuk & Des Moines Railway"

Sources 

  • Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com

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