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Skunk River Bowstring Bridge

Washington County, Iowa
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Description 

best guess; course of river or road alignment may have changed since 1906. Link to 1906 map: http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/atlases&CISOPTR=12224&CISOSHOW=12126&REC=5

Facts 

Overview
Lost Bowstring pony truss bridge over Skunk River on Unknown road
Location
Washington County, Iowa
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
Design
Bowstring pony truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.19611, -91.81077   (decimal degrees)
41°11'46" N, 91°48'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/599720/4561209 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Brighton
Inventory number
BH 51410 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bowstring pony truss (127)
Bowstring truss (211)
Iowa (3,490)
Lost (10,351)
Pony truss (13,215)
Replaced by new bridge (7,130)
 Skewed (4,080)
Skunk River (65)
Truss (23,559)
Washington County, Iowa (63)
Wooden deck (5,397)

Update Log 

  • March 19, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Bridge was replaced, entry coming soon.
  • August 26, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • August 26, 2012: Updated by Don Morrison: Moved map pin to current crossing of road
  • February 23, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Skunk River", "Skewed", "Wooden deck"

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Postcard
  • Don Morrison

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