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CN - Cedar River Bridge

Bremer County, Iowa

Photos 

Side view of the bridge

This was taken from the Janesville Bridge

Photo taken by Jason Smith

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BH Photo #177909

Map 

Description 

Spans relocated from unknown location(s).

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Cedar River on Canadian National Railway
Location
Janesville, Bremer County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1919 using secondhand spans
Railroads
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Cedar River Railroad (CEDR)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
Design
4-39' Deck Plate Girder
2-43'7" Deck Plate Girder
Dimensions
Total length: 243.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.64484, -92.46492   (decimal degrees)
42°38'41" N, 92°27'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/543863/4721514 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Waverly
Inventory number
BH 46219 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bremer County, Iowa (58)
Built 1919 (557)
Built during 1910s (10,288)
Canadian National Railway (624)
Cedar River (Minnesota-Iowa) (136)
Cedar River Railroad (4)
Deck girder (6,699)
Girder (11,783)
Illinois Central Railroad (665)
 Iowa (6,909)
Janesville, Iowa (5)
Open (41,560)
Owned by railroad (14,330)
Plate girder (9,289)
Railroad (17,179)
Relocated (1,112)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,714)

Update Log 

  • April 4, 2021: Updated by John Marvig: added information, noted relocation
  • March 10, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added build date
  • October 24, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • April 4, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Cedar River Railroad"
  • December 3, 2011: Updated by Frank Hicks: Added GPS coordinates
  • September 18, 2010: Added by Jason Smith

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Sources 

  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • Frank Hicks
  • Luke
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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