Frederika Bridge (Older)
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Road
- Location
- Frederika, Bremer County, Iowa
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- Builders
- - Ohio Bridge Co. of Cleveland (Possible Builder)
- William Rezner (Designer)
- Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio (Possible Builder)
- Design
- Bowstring through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.88044, -92.31005 (decimal degrees)
42°52'50" N, 92°18'36" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/556345/4747769 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Frederika
- Inventory number
- BH 58799 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 28, 2021: New photo from Luke
- April 6, 2016: New photo from Art Suckewer
- November 14, 2013: Added by Luke Harden
Related Bridges
- Frederika Bridge (Old) (Successor)
Comments
Thanks for clarifying, Luke. I'm not sure the WIBC listing is wrong as one of the Rezner bridges on this site is listed as Built by WIBC. This seems odd to me but as I don't yet know the history of the two companies, my opinion is not yet fully formed.
Regards,
Art S.
The location marked is the only crossing in Frederika shown on an 1875 Atlas.
http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/511504/Township+93+No...
Wrought Iron came as a guess from another user on here, so I'll go in and switch them..
Luke, I found this picture. My first guess is that it was on C16/120 and it is almost certainly a Rezner:
Ohio Bridge Co. of Cleveland
William Rezner (Designer)
Were there two bowstrings in town? If not, are your location and builder correct?
Regards,
Art S.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ia/bremer/bh58799/
Note:
The bridge was almost certainly lead white (top coat). A common color that would highlight any issues or problems as well as being visible. The struts (across the top) are dark. While it could be black, red also shows up as black on black and white photos. I'm guessing red as the color difference seems intentional, probably to warn people coming across on top loaded hay wagons (e.g. 'watch your head).
Regards,
Art S.