June 24 Iowa update
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Workers attempted to pull the wreckage of the Charles City Suspension Bridge
out of the river, but
were stymied by the soft ground and tangled mess.
The good news is that most of the bridge remains on site and didn't wash downstream.
It's possible that some can be salvaged as part of a reconstruction.
Three more bridges have been reportedly washed out by the floods, this time in Butler County. Meanwhile, the approaches to two bridges in Cedar County were damaged and could take months to repair.