Rating:
52563
{78}%
6 votes
BNSF - Manning Viaduct
Description
Truss is approached by 9 spans of deck girder from the west, and two concrete arches create the abutments on each end. Piers are a typical Milwaukee Road design, using concrete arches.
Facts
- Overview
- Pratt through truss bridge over Center Street, West Nishnabota River & removed CGW
- Location
- Manning, Carroll County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1913
- Builders
- - Charles Frederick Loweth of Cleveland, Ohio (MILW Chief Engineer)
- J. H. Prior (MILW Bridge Designer)
- Railroads
- - BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Chicago Great Western Railway (CGW)
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW; CMStP&P; CMStP)
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 105.0 ft.
Total length: 765.0 ft.
- Skew angle
- 30 degrees
- Also called
- MILW - Manning Viaduct
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.91397, -95.06342 (decimal degrees)
41°54'50" N, 95°03'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/328878/4642283 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Manning
- Inventory number
- BH 52563 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 17, 2017: New photos from Dave King
- April 11, 2016: Updated by Luke: Added skew degree
- October 19, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
- October 18, 2015: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
- March 1, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
- January 2, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added link to postcards.
- August 13, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Chicago Great Western Railway"
- May 27, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Railroad", "Skewed", "Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway", "Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad"