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Oblique view

Photos taken October 2005 by Jason & Birgit Smith
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West portal

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East portal

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Behind the east portal

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Plaque

Continental Bridge Co.
06
Chicago Ill.
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Overview
Through truss bridge over Upper Iowa River on a local road
Location
Winneshiek County, Iowa
Status
Open to one-lane traffic
History
Built 1906 by the Continental Bridge Co.
Builder
- Continental Bridge Co.
Design
Pin-connected, 10-panel Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 158.1 ft.
Total length: 162.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.42150, -91.93510   (decimal degrees)
43°25'17" N, 91°56'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey
T. 99 N., R. 9 W., Sec. 5
Inventory numbers
IA 348790 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 14723 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2006)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 21.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2001)
70

Categories 

10-panel truss (47)
Built 1906 (157)
Built during 1900s (2,334)
Continental Bridge Co. (1)
Corrugated deck (522)
Iowa (2,130)
One-lane traffic (304)
Open (21,591)
Owned by county (14,137)
Parker truss (411)
Pin-connected (417)
Span length 125-175 feet (1,989)
Structurally deficient (10,789)
Through truss (5,205)
Total length 125-175 feet (2,626)
Truss (15,739)
Upper Iowa River (15)
Winneshiek County, Iowa (65)

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