Rating:
3 votes

FDDM Des Moines River Bridge (Older)

Webster County, Iowa
Share:

Photos 

Photo provided by Hank Zaletel

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

Enlarge

View this photo on Flickr

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over Des Moines River on Railroad
Location
Webster County, Iowa
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
Design
Lattice through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.46005, -94.14996   (decimal degrees)
42°27'36" N, 94°08'60" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/405451/4701497 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Fort Dodge South
Inventory number
BH 52814 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (6,035)
Des Moines River (156)
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad (11)
Interurban (122)
Iowa (3,491)
Lattice through truss (198)
Lattice truss (264)
Lost (10,353)
 Newton & Northwestern Railroad (2)
Railroad (4,054)
Replaced by new bridge (7,132)
Through truss (9,200)
Truss (23,559)
Uncovered wooden truss (31)
Webster County, Iowa (35)

Update Log 

  • February 11, 2013: New photo from Luke Harden
  • August 10, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added category "railroad"
  • July 4, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Image

Comments 

Post a comment here Contact webmaster