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Old Westerville Bridge

Decatur County, Iowa

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Westerville Bridge

in winter

Photo taken by Nolan Crees in December 2017

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BH Photo #414923

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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
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)

Categories 

Bert Stark (1)
Built 1902 (533)
Built during 1900s (7,362)
Decatur County, Iowa (47)
Destroyed by collision (93)
Iowa (6,555)
Lost (25,513)
Nelson Shields (1)
Oscar Shields (1)
 Owned by county (20,976)
Pin-connected (3,957)
Pratt through truss (5,484)
Pratt truss (9,437)
Thompson River (5)
Through truss (15,341)
Truss (33,234)
Wooden deck (6,098)
Wrought Iron Bridge Co. (380)

Update Log 

  • December 26, 2017: Updated by Luke: Added type+fabricator from historic image; Added historic image
  • December 26, 2017: Added by Nolan Crees

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