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West Beaver Creek Bridge
Photos
Photo taken by Jimmy Emerson
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
BH Photo #238782
Facts
- Overview
- Concrete Slab bridge over West Beaver Creek on Lincoln Highway
- Location
- Greene County, Iowa
- Status
- Abandoned / Preserved
- History
- Built 1915
- Builders
- - Iowa Bridge Co. (1902-193X) of Des Moines, Iowa
- Iowa State Highway Commission of Ames, Iowa
- Design
- 22' Concrete Slab
- Dimensions
-
Span length: 22.0 ft.
Total length: 22.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.03364, -94.21078 (decimal degrees)
42°02'01" N, 94°12'39" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/399778/4654220 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Grand Junction
- Inventory number
- BH 53474 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 26, 2021: Updated by Luke: Added builder from Wikipedia page on the Lincoln Highway in Greene County
- March 27, 2013: Updated by Clark Vance: Added categories "Balustrade railing", "Concrete balustrade"
- March 27, 2013: New photos from John Marvig
- March 26, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
- September 8, 2012: Added by Luke Harden
Related Bridges
- Lincoln Highway West Beaver Creek Bridge (Successor)
Sources
- Luke
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Wikipedia
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Nope, not the same. Pity about the train derailing; I'd hoped to get my own three-generation shot on a pretty day. Maybe I'll get there to rubberneck the devastation.