RI - Skunk River Bridge

Photos 

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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BH Photo #251741

Map 

Description 

Facts 

Overview

Lost DPG Bridge over Skunk River on Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

Location

Washington County, Iowa

Status

Removed with piers and abutments remaining

History

Built 1943, abandoned and removed 1983

Railroad

- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))

Design

4 - 100' DPG
6 - 70' DPG

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 750.0 ft.

Also called

Rock Island Bridge #2540

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)

Quadrangle map:

Brighton

Inventory number

BH 53257 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• December 19, 2016: New photo from Luke
• August 26, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added info from track chart
• 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"

Related Bridges 

• RI - Skunk River Bridge (Old) (Predecessor) - (Built Upstream)

Sources 

• Don Morrison
• Iowa State University Geographic Information Systems - 1950s Aerial Imagery
• Luke
• Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com

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