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Dry Run Creek US 52 Bridge

Winneshiek County, Iowa
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Overview
Arch bridge over Dry Run Creek on US 52 in Decorah
Location
Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1963
Design
Open-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 84.0 ft.
Total length: 103.0 ft.
Deck width: 30.2 ft.
Also called
Hog's Back Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.29572, -91.80880   (decimal degrees)
43°17'45" N, 91°48'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/596626/4794343 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Decorah
Inventory numbers
IA 52540 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 14730 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2012)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 79.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
4,570

Categories 

Arch (9,420)
Built 1963 (140)
Built during 1960s (1,217)
Deck arch (8,703)
Decorah, Iowa (8)
Have street view (9,897)
Iowa (3,507)
Open (28,315)
 Open-spandrel arch (582)
Owned by state (9,809)
Skewed (4,080)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,718)
Total length 100-125 feet (3,633)
US 52 (23)
Winneshiek County, Iowa (74)

Update Log 

  • July 22, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Dry Run Creek US 52 Bridge
Posted January 30, 2007, by Susan Jacobsen (sjacobsen45 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Orginally named the "Hog's Back Bridge," but the name never took hold. In the late 1940s a cut was made through a limestone ridge - called the "Hog's Back" - to divert the Dry Run Creek directly into the Upper Iowa River. Prior to that, Dry Run Creek ran through Decorah and every year it would flood. The diversion of the Dry Run Creek plus a dike along both sides of the Upper Iowa River eliminated the problem with annual flooding.