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RI Skunk River Bridge

Washington County, Iowa
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Walking SW down the old ROW

The bridge is a good mile or so down the former ROW from the road crossing where I walked in.

Photo taken by Dylan VanAntwerp in March 2013

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Description 

Piers and abutments remaining

Facts 

Overview
Lost Bridge over Skunk River
Location
Washington County, Iowa
Status
No longer exists
History
Built betwixt the 1930 and the 1950 aerial imagery, Removed during/after the demise of the RI.
Design
Deck plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.19175, -91.76025   (decimal degrees)
41°11'30" N, 91°45'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/603963/4560784 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Brighton
Inventory number
BH 53257 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (348)
Deck girder (1,835)
Girder (3,292)
Iowa (3,622)
Lost (10,499)
Plate girder (2,289)
Railroad (4,226)
Skewed (4,083)
Skunk River (69)
Washington County, Iowa (64)

Update Log 

  • March 29, 2013: New photos from Dylan VanAntwerp
  • January 12, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added build date range and arial imagery link.
  • November 12, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Skunk River", "Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad"
  • August 26, 2012: Updated by Don Morrison: Added category "Railroad"

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Sources 

  • Don Morrison
  • 1950s Aerial Imagery
  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com
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RI Skunk River Bridge
Posted March 29, 2013, by Dylan VanAntwerp (dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com)

Just visited the bridge yesterday. There is an absolutely enormous log jam piled up behind the piers here. A person could practically walk across the river on them.