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Bear Creek Bridge

Wapello County, Iowa
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Photo taken by Bob Davis

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Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Branch Des Moines River on a local road
Location
Wapello County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1935
Design
Riveted, 5-panel Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 42.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Also called
215th Avenue Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.00337, -92.57254   (decimal degrees)
41°00'12" N, 92°34'21" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/535948/4539219 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 72 N., R. 15 W., Sec. 27
USGS topographic map
Chillicothe
Inventory numbers
IA 331650 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 14589 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2010)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 36.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
60

Categories 

5-panel truss (374)
Built 1935 (1,456)
Built during 1930s (8,551)
Iowa (3,506)
One-lane traffic (7,112)
Open (28,314)
Owned by county (16,489)
Pony truss (13,217)
 Pratt pony truss (2,342)
Pratt truss (5,660)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,054)
Structurally deficient (16,680)
Total length 25-50 feet (7,628)
Truss (23,574)
Wapello County, Iowa (54)

Update Log 

  • March 11, 2009: Updated by Bob Davis

Sources 

  • Bob Davis - bobdaviscfi [at] earthlink [dot] net
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Branch Des Moines River Bridge
Posted November 9, 2008, by Bob Davis (bobdaviscfi [at] earthlink [dot] net)

A better name for this bridge is the "Bear Creek Bridge" since it takes 215th Avenue over Bear Creek seven miles east of where Bear Creek joins the Des Moines River at Ottumwa. This bridge is easy to find being a half mile south of US Hwy 34 between Ottumwa and Albia.

Photos taken November 9, 2008 are attached and my coordinates (41.00494, -92.57240) compare well with those provided.

Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.