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UP - Boone River Bridge (near Renwick)

Wright County, Iowa

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UP Boone River Bridge (Renwick)

Looking north

Photo taken by John Marvig in March 2020

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BH Photo #467913

Map 

Description 

Build date provided by C&NW bridge records at the Chicago & North Western Railway Historical Society archives

Facts 

Overview
Deck Plate Girder Bridge over Boone River on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Wright County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1903
Railroads
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 45.0 ft.
Total length: 136.0 ft.
Also called
C&NW Bridge #723
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.81083, -93.96097   (decimal degrees)
42°48'39" N, 93°57'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/421432/4740255 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Renwick
Inventory number
BH 80140 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Boone River (25)
Built 1903 (596)
Built during 1900s (7,260)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,408)
Deck girder (5,783)
Girder (10,307)
Iowa (6,530)
Open (39,995)
 Owned by railroad (12,507)
Plate girder (7,991)
Railroad (15,614)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,713)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,942)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,377)
Wright County, Iowa (37)

Update Log 

  • March 17, 2020: New photos from John Marvig
  • March 23, 2019: Updated by John Marvig: Added information from C&NW Bridge Records
  • January 17, 2018: Added by Daniel Barnes

Sources 

  • Daniel Barnes
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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