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UP - Polecat Creek Arch

Boone County, Iowa

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UP Polecat Creek Arch

Overview

Photo taken by John Marvig in January 2019

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BH Photo #441777

Map 

Description 

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

Facts 

Overview
Stone arch bridge over Polecat Creek on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Boone, Boone County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1899
Builder
- Gustaf Widell & Co. of Mankato, Minnesota
Railroads
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Span length: 12.0 ft.
Total length: 12.0 ft.
Also called
C&NW Bridge #605
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.06479, -93.91162   (decimal degrees)
42°03'53" N, 93°54'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/424578/4657371 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 84060 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,341)
Arch (12,651)
Boone County, Iowa (112)
Boone, Iowa (6)
Built 1899 (430)
Built during 1890s (3,191)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,447)
Deck arch (11,888)
Gustaf Widell & Co. (11)
 Iowa (6,791)
Open (40,968)
Owned by railroad (13,494)
Railroad (16,455)
Span length under 25 feet (7,092)
Stone arch (3,279)
Total length under 25 feet (2,593)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,473)

Update Log 

  • January 6, 2019: New photos from John Marvig

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Comments 

UP - Polecat Creek Arch
Posted January 6, 2019, by Dana and Kay Klein

Ni, ping, Nee-wom

UP - Polecat Creek Arch
Posted January 6, 2019, by Mike Daffron (daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com)

Someone grab him a herring.

UP - Polecat Creek Arch
Posted January 6, 2019, by A. Polecat

Now leave before I spray you a second time.

UP - Polecat Creek Arch
Posted January 6, 2019, by Luke

You rang?