SIRy - Chariton River Bridge

Photos 

Photo taken by Roger Puta; Uploaded to Flickr by Marty Bernard

License: Public domain: Released by author

Enlarge

View this photo on Flickr

BH Photo #396575

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Lost Subdivided Warren through truss bridge over Chariton River on former Southern Industrial Railroad/Southern Iowa Railway

Location

Appanoose County, Iowa

Status

Demolished

History

Built 1900, closed due to severe fire damage 1966, demolished soon after.

Railroads

- Albia & Centerville Railway (A&C)
- Centerville, Albia, & Southern Railway (CA&S)
- Interurban
- Iowa Central Railway (IAC)
- Iowa Southern Utilities/Southern Industrial Railroad (ISU)
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway (MSTL)
- Southern Iowa Railway (SIRy)
- Southern Iowa Traction

Design

1 x 138' Subdivided Warren Through Truss
2 x Deck Plate Girder
Timber Pile Trestle Approaches

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 138.0 ft.

Also called

Southern Iowa Railway Chariton River Bridge
Southern Industrial Railroad Chariton River Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.79036, -92.86177   (decimal degrees)
40°47'25" N, 92°51'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/511662/4515494 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Hiattsville

Inventory number

BH 58936 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• July 10, 2017: New photo from Luke
• December 6, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added category "interurban"

Related Bridges 

• UP - North Skunk River Bridge (Same design)
• IARR - Iowa River Bridge (Albion) (Same design)
• IARR - Iowa River Bridge (Union) (Same design)

Sources 

• Don's Rail Photos - Info on the Southern Iowa Railway, brief mention of the bridge.
• Luke
• Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com
• Iowa State University Geographic Information Systems - 1930s Aerial Imagery

Comments