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Marble Rock Bridge (1880)

Floyd County, Iowa

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Shell Rock River on Brandford Street
Location
Marble Rock, Floyd County, Iowa
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built ca.1880, Lost 1914
Builder
- Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design
Bowstring through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.96500, -92.87086   (decimal degrees)
42°57'54" N, 92°52'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/510531/4756935 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Greene
Inventory number
BH 55421 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,367)
Bowstring through truss (329)
Bowstring truss (665)
Built 1880 (193)
Built during 1880s (2,167)
Collapsed (432)
Floyd County, Iowa (74)
Iowa (6,793)
Lost (28,459)
 Lost 1914 (68)
Lost during 1910s (650)
Marble Rock, Iowa (5)
Shell Rock River (43)
Through truss (16,769)
Truss (35,445)
Wooden deck (6,160)
Wrought Iron Bridge Co. (442)

Update Log 

  • February 2, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

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