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IA346 Cedar River Bridge

Chickasaw County, Iowa

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Overview
Lost Parker through truss bridge over Cedar River on IA 346
Location
Nashua, Chickasaw County, Iowa
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1921; Replaced 1984
Builders
- Day Laborers (1916 Substructure)
- Illinois Steel Bridge Co. of Jacksonville, Illinois (Superstructure)
- Iowa State Highway Commission of Ames, Iowa (Designer)
Design
Parker through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.95530, -92.53633   (decimal degrees)
42°57'19" N, 92°32'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/537820/4755955 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Nashua
Inventory number
BH 55430 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1921 (561)
Built during 1920s (9,785)
Cedar River (Minnesota-Iowa) (123)
Chickasaw County, Iowa (22)
Day Laborers (8)
IA 346 (2)
ISHC Standard Series T (189)
Illinois Steel Bridge Co. (72)
Iowa (6,373)
Iowa State Highway Commission (791)
Lattice Railing (210)
 Lost (24,039)
Lost 1984 (109)
Lost during 1980s (1,333)
Nashua, Iowa (3)
Painted green (151)
Parker through truss (1,280)
Parker truss (1,657)
Replaced by new bridge (16,046)
Riveted (2,151)
Through truss (14,826)
Truss (32,396)

Update Log 

  • February 9, 2016: Updated by Luke: Added builder + corrected build date
  • July 20, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added build date
  • February 2, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

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