Henry Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Upper Iowa River on Scenic River Road
- Location
- Winneshiek County, Iowa
- Status
- Intact but closed to all traffic
- Future prospects
- Closed pending evaluation of repairs necessary to reopen at 3 Ton weight limit.
- History
- Built 1911
- Builder
- - Clinton Bridge & Iron Works of Clinton, Iowa
- Design
- Pin-connected, 8-panel Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 120.0 ft.
Total length: 121.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
- Also called
- Hutchinson Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.36366, -91.85081 (decimal degrees)
43°21'49" N, 91°51'03" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/593114/4801840 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Decorah
- Land survey
- T. 99 N., R. 9 W., Sec. 25 (Bluffton Township)
- Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
- 60
- Inventory numbers
- IA 348910 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 14735 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of April 2018)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 22.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- April 13, 2018: Updated by Don Morrison: noted closed
- April 26, 2017: New photos from Kevin Skow
- October 11, 2012: Updated by Jason Smith: Added categories "A-frame portal", "Clinton Bridge & Iron Works"
- August 7, 2011: New photos from Quinn Phelan
- August 4, 2011: New photos from Quinn Phelan
- February 7, 2011: New photos from Benjamin Cole
- January 30, 2011: New photos from Benjamin Cole
- October 9, 2009: New photos from Jason Smith
- January 12, 2006: Posted photos from Jason Smith
Sources
- Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
- Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Benjamin Cole - mountainjam99 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Quinn Phelan - qphelan [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- Kevin Skow - weatherbum [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Don Morrison
Comments
Bridge #354 made the news. It is not good news. Again.
Closed due to advanced deterioration.
Bridge #354 made the news. Not the positive kind of news.
The website http://theinspiredmedia.wordpress.com/ has a photo of a bridge surrounded by floodwaters, but not washed out. The bridge in the photo appears to possibly be the Henry Bridge.
Word is this bridge has been lost in the current flood...any confirmation of this? I alos have many, many good memories of this bridge and site.
I am uploading some detail pics of this bridge. Note the use of cables, possibly instead of eyebars, on certain locations on the bridge. In one instance, holes for the cables appear to have been drilled through a vertical member (see photo). The plaque is located at the southwest corner of the bridge.
Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.
Lots of fond memories of Bridge #9.
Thanks for the great photos.
Otis of the Rakeops
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ia/winneshiek/henry/
Lee has an idea.
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