Rating:
65754
{98}%
1 vote
CBQ - Big Creek Covered Bridge
Description
Was covered with sheet iron instead of the usual wood (See IA GenWeb Article)
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Through truss bridge over Big Creek on Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
- Location
- Henry County, Iowa
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1881; Replaced 1928
- Railroads
- - Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
- St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Railroad (StLK&NW)
- Design
- Through truss
- Also called
- StLK&N - Big Creek Covered Bridge
K-Line - Big Creek Covered Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.94792, -91.57291 (decimal degrees)
40°56'53" N, 91°34'22" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/620116/4533955 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Mount Pleasant
- Inventory numbers
- WGCB 15-44-07x (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 65754 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 19, 2023: New photo from Luke
- January 29, 2015: New photo from Luke
- January 28, 2015: Added by Luke