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Westerville Bridge
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Westerville Bridge
in winter
Photo taken by Nolan Crees in December 2017
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BH Photo #414923
Description
Erection workforce consisted five teams of horses with the wheeler scrapers, 3 hand shovels, 18 men and 2 children.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Thompson River on Road
- Location
- Westerville, Decatur County, Iowa
- Status
- Bridge collapsed after a car crashed into the side in the late 1970's or early 1980's.
- History
- Built 1902
- Builders
- - Bert Stark (Erection Crew)
- Nelson Shields (Erection Crew)
- Oscar Shields (Erection Crew)
- Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio (Fabricator)
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.84668, -93.96335 (decimal degrees)
40°50'48" N, 93°57'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/418792/4522184 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Grand River
- Inventory number
- BH 79820 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 26, 2017: Updated by Luke: Added type+fabricator from historic image; Added historic image
- December 26, 2017: Added by Nolan Crees