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RI - Fox River Bridge #2

Appanoose County, Iowa

Photos 

South View

The old Rock Island ROW crosses from E to W, with the old road crossing on the top right side. The bridge is on the left side of the picture.

Photo taken by Dylan VanAntwerp in February 2013

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BH Photo #248150

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned concrete culvert bridge over Fox River on former Rock Island Railroad
Location
Appanoose County, Iowa
Status
Delelict/abandoned
History
Built 1945, abandoned 1983
Railroad
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
Design
Concrete culvert
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.74788, -92.67337   (decimal degrees)
40°44'52" N, 92°40'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/527574/4510821 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Moulton
Inventory number
BH 55362 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,681)
Appanoose County, Iowa (63)
Built 1945 (278)
Built during 1940s (4,108)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (1,115)
Culvert (1,382)
Fox River (Iowa) (12)
Iowa (6,537)
Owned privately (1,752)
Railroad (15,619)

Update Log 

  • September 7, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: added info
  • February 6, 2013: New photos from Dylan VanAntwerp
  • January 28, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added categories "Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad", "Railroad"

Sources 

  • Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com

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