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Gunderson Bridge

Winneshiek County, Iowa
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Photo taken by Jason Smith in December 2007

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Overview
Modern bowstring pony truss bridge over Trout Run on Trout Run Trail just east of Freeport Bridge at Trout Run Park in Decorah
Location
Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built in 2007 by Big R Construction Englewood, CO.
Design
Bowstring pony truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.29080, -91.75840   (decimal degrees)
43°17'27" N, 91°45'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/600722/4793856 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Decorah
Inventory number
BH 36196 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bowstring pony truss (127)
Bowstring truss (211)
Built 2007 (19)
Built during 2000s (324)
Decorah, Iowa (8)
Iowa (3,501)
 Modern (605)
Open (28,308)
Owned by city (3,049)
Pony truss (13,216)
Truss (23,567)
Winneshiek County, Iowa (74)

Update Log 

  • October 9, 2010: New photo from Ruth Reynolds
  • April 12, 2010: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added GPS Coordinates
  • October 5, 2009: New photos from Jason Smith
  • February 6, 2008: Added by Jason Smith

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Ruth Reynolds - ruthmusic [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Gunderson Bridge
Posted August 27, 2010, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Can't help but think how much better it would have been to use the Turkey River Bowstring here instead of this modern piece of junk.........