Eureka Avenue Bridge
Description
Visible from Interstate 80 during months when there is no foliage obscuring the view into the woods.Owned by CRM Farm; ALWAYS ask landowner permission BEFORE going on private land.
Facts
- Overview
- Pratt pony truss bridge over Middle Branch Wapsinonoc Creek on Abanoned Road
- Location
- Cedar County, Iowa
- Status
- Abandoned
- Builder
- - Clinton Bridge & Iron Works of Clinton, Iowa (Likely builder based on plaque shape)
- Design
- Pratt pony truss
- Also called
- Middle Branch Wapsinonoc Creek Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.66488, -91.28836 (decimal degrees)
41°39'54" N, 91°17'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/642497/4613984 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 80661 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 17, 2021: New photos from Luke
- December 14, 2019: New photo from Luke
- August 1, 2019: Updated by Luke: Refined GPS due to better imagery; Certainly looks like a bridge in the woods.
- March 3, 2018: Added by Luke
Related Bridges
- Haight Creek Bridge (Same design) - Similar plaque design
Comments
Lassig, Shiffler, King and American Bridge Works all used plaques of this shape, at least on railroad bridges:
http://bridgehunter.com/photos/45/91/459143-L.jpg
http://bridgehunter.com/photos/45/90/459049-L.jpg
http://bridgehunter.com/photos/40/43/404349-L.jpg
King was the only one that would’ve been around in 1908. Shiffler was taken over by Ambridge. McClintic-Marshall began shortly after with several members from Shiffler, but I’ve never seen their plaques in that shape. The Lassig name and shape died in 1901/early 1902, and I've never seen an American Bridge Works plaque past 1900. None of these plaques seem to have the same mounting holes.
Lassig was primarily a railroad bridge builder, so I doubt it's them.
Tony fielded the suggestion of Decatur, but their plaques are narrower and the mounting bolts don't match.
Lasig?
While traffic was too heavy for me to stop and snap a shot, enough foliage has died off in the past few years that you can clearly see the truss from I80.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ia/cedar/bh80661/
Another plausibility, tho, like King & Decatur plaques, the mounting holes don't match, is Clinton Bridge & Iron Works: https://bridgehunter.com/photos/33/93/339310-L.jpg