Rating:
49535
{81}%
2 votes
UP - Eagle Creek Bridge
Description
Information provided by 1918 C&NW Railway Valuation Field Notes at the Chicago & North Western Railway Historical Society Archives
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Eagle Creek on Union Pacific Railroad
- Location
- Woolstock, Wright County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1902, Approaches Added 1915
- Railroads
- - Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- Quadrangular lattice through truss
- Dimensions
-
Total length: 185.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.57250, -93.85220 (decimal degrees)
42°34'21" N, 93°51'08" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/430058/4713695 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Woolstock
- Inventory number
- BH 49535 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 18, 2018: Updated by John Marvig: Added information from C&NW Bridge Records
- October 19, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
- February 22, 2014: New photo from Jack Schmidt
- August 12, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added build date based on another bridge on the same line with the exact same truss design
- July 26, 2012: New photos from John Marvig
- July 19, 2012: Updated by Tony Dillon: Changed truss type
- July 19, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added dimensions
- May 27, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
- March 7, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Riveted", "Union Pacific Railroad", "Chicago & North Western Railway"
- September 7, 2011: Added by Luke Harden
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