Eldon Railroad Bridge

Photos 

Photo taken by Panoramio user keosahawkeye

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Map 

Facts 

Overview

Lost deck plate girder bridge over Des Moines River on Railroad

Location

Eldon, Wapello County, Iowa

Status

Removed

History

Built 1916, Removed 1982

Design

Deck plate girder

Also called

RI Des Moines River Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.91552, -92.22639   (decimal degrees)
40°54'56" N, 92°13'35" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/565144/4529666 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Eldon

Inventory number

BH 51358 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• February 14, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Added build date
• February 11, 2013: New photos from Dylan VanAntwerp
• November 12, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added specific girder type.
• July 23, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Removed in the 1980s
• February 23, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Was originally a 5 span truss bridge with stone abutments
• February 20, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Des Moines River", "Railroad", "Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad"

Related Bridges 

• Eldon Railroad Bridge (older) (Predecessor)

Sources 

• Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com
• John Marvig - johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net

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