Rating:
49223
{81}%
3 votes
UP - Briggs Woods Bridge
Photos
Photo taken by Bill Dunbar
BH Photo #205753
Description
Information provided by 1918 C&NW Railway Valuation Field Notes at the Chicago & North Western Railway Historical Society Archives
Facts
- Overview
- Deck truss bridge over Boone River on Union Pacific Railroad
- Location
- Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1901, Approaches Added 1909
- Builder
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Railroads
- - Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- 1-60' Deck Plate Girder
1-128' Double-intersection Warren deck truss
1-50' Deck Plate Girder
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 128.0 ft.
Total length: 238.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.44234, -93.79412 (decimal degrees)
42°26'32" N, 93°47'39" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/434690/4699196 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Webster City
- Inventory number
- BH 49223 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 24, 2019: New photos from John Marvig
- December 18, 2018: Updated by John Marvig: Added information from C&NW Bridge Records
- April 20, 2014: New photos from John Marvig
- April 18, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "American Bridge Co."
- September 17, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added Webster City to city section as the the northern ind of the bridge is RIGHT on the outskirts of Webster City
- July 19, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added dimensions
- July 27, 2011: Added by Luke Harden