IA394 Skunk River Bridge

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Skunk River Bridge - Winter 2009

After a week of warm weather and melting, the swollen river tossed these slabs of broken up ice onto the bank.

Photo taken by Quinn Phelan in January 2009

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BH Photo #131122

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Ice breakup on the skunk river near Augusta, Iowa

Ice breakup as seen from the old bridge in February 2011.

Construction equipment and piers for the new bridge can be seen in the video.

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Facts

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Skunk River on IA 394 (Augusta Main Road)
Location: Des Moines County, Iowa, and Lee County, Iowa
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1934, replaced in 2011
Builders: - A. Olson Construction Co. of Waterloo, Iowa
- Iowa State Highway Commission of Ames, Iowa (Design)
Design: Parker through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 162.1 ft.
Total length: 565.3 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.75329, -91.27575 (decimal degrees)
40°45'12" N, 91°16'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/645554/4512800 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Danville
Land survey: T. 69 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 25
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 530
Inventory numbers: IA 23610 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 13400 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2009): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Update Log

May 9, 2020: Updated by Luke: Added builder
May 7, 2013: New video from Don Morrison
January 11, 2013: Photo imported by Luke Harden
November 27, 2011: New photos from Quinn Phelan
September 4, 2011: New photo from Luke Harden
January 1, 2009: New photos from Quinn Phelan

Sources

Quinn Phelan - qphelan [at] earthlink [dot] net
K. A. Erickson
Luke
Don Morrison

Comments

Skunk River Bridge

Posted February 24, 2009, by Quinn Phelan (qphelan [at] earthlink [dot] net)

I just figured it out... The reason only half of this bridge is painted, and the other half is rusting away, is because The middle of the river is the county line. Des Moines County seems to be taking better care of their half of the bridge than Lee County.