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BNSF Four Mile Bridge

Wapello County, Iowa
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Current bridge.

Photo taken by Andrew Brown

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Map 

Facts 

Overview
Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Des Moines River on BNSF RR
Location
Wapello County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 2002 replacing an earlier 5 span truss bridge with girder approaches
Builder
- Hanson Professional Services Inc. of Springfield, Illinois
Design
Warren through truss with all verticals with steel stringer and deck girder approaches
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 190.0 ft.
Total length: 1,415.0 ft.
Also called
BNSF Des Moines River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.05478, -92.48142   (decimal degrees)
41°03'17" N, 92°28'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/543577/4544967 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Ottumwa North
Inventory number
BH 51936 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (6,052)
Built 2002 (43)
Built during 2000s (324)
Burlington Northern Railroad (15)
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (465)
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (130)
Deck girder (1,802)
Des Moines River (159)
Girder (3,239)
Hanson Professional Services Inc. (1)
Iowa (3,507)
Modern (606)
Open (28,315)
 Owned by railroad (4,048)
Plate girder (2,251)
Railroad (4,075)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,484)
Steel stringer (2,328)
Through truss (9,210)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,217)
Truss (23,574)
Wapello County, Iowa (54)
Warren through truss (928)
Warren through truss with all verticals (145)
Warren truss (3,961)

Update Log 

  • May 8, 2013: New photo from Luke Harden
  • May 7, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • March 8, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added category "Burlington Northern Railroad"
  • January 28, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added category "Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad"
  • April 3, 2012: Added by Jason Smith

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
  • Flickr - Image
  • John Marvig - johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net
  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com
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BNSF Des Moines River Bridge
Posted May 10, 2013, by Dylan VanAntwerp (dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com)

I found a source online that also referred to this bridge as the Four Mile Bridge, so I'm assuming this is the common name for it. I've edited the bridge's entry accordingly.

BNSF Des Moines River Bridge
Posted January 28, 2013, by Dylan VanAntwerp (dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com)

I have heard this bridge referred to by a local (my grandfather) as the Four Mile Bridge, supposedly because it is four miles from Ottumwa. I have no idea if this was once a common name for it.