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Cold Water Creek Bridge
Photos
Oblique View Looking Northwest
Photo taken by J.R. Manning in March 2014
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BH Photo #280844
Description
Pony truss bridge over Cold Water Creek on Blue Bird Drive. Reported as being lost, as of March 2014, this bridge is extant and open to traffic, although signed for weight.
Facts
- Overview
- Rumors of this bridge's demise are greatly exagerated
- Location
- Butler County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to traffic, signed for weight
- History
- Built 1905
- Builders
- - Lackawanna Steel Co. of Lackawanna, New York (Metal Manufacturer)
- N.M. Stark & Co. of Des Moines, Iowa
- Design
- Half-hip Pratt pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 75.1 ft.
Total length: 78.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.86659, -92.80662 (decimal degrees)
42°51'60" N, 92°48'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/515796/4746018 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Allison
- Land survey
- T. 93 N., R. 17 W., Sec. 13
- Average daily traffic (as of 2013)
- 10
- Inventory numbers
- IA 89660 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 12976 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of April 2018)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 24.2 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- March 28, 2014: Updated by J.R. Manning: Resurrected from the dead and photos added
- February 2, 2012: Updated by Jason Smith: The bridge no longer exists
- April 16, 2010: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added Road Name
Sources
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
Rumors of this bridge's demise are greatly exaggerated. As of March, 2014, the Cold Water Creek Bridge on Blue Bird Road is open to traffic, albeit signed for weight.