Thoma's Road Bridge

Jackson County, Iowa

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Photo taken by Steve Conro in February 2020

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BH Photo #466487

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Description

Chatted with the younger aged farmer on property and bridge has been there as long as he could remember, but knew that it had been moved from a nearby county road.

Facts

Overview: Pratt pony truss bridge over Tete des Morts Creek on Thoma's Road
Location: Jackson County, Iowa
Status: Open to traffic
Design: Pratt pony truss
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.35448, -90.54417 (decimal degrees)
42°21'16" N, 90°32'39" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/702259/4692055 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: La Motte
Land survey: T. 87 N., R. 4 E., Sec. 7
Inventory number: BH 65644 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

February 24, 2020: New photos from Steve Conro
April 9, 2017: Updated by Julie Bowers: Changed name to reflect local comment correction.
January 24, 2015: Added by Dave King

Sources

Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
Julie Bowers - jbowerz1 [at] gmail [dot] com
Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com

Comments

Thomas Road Bridge

Posted April 8, 2017, by Ann Thoma-Schloz

it's not Thomas Rd actualy it's Thoma's Rd. The bridge orginnally spanned Old Mill creek east of LaMote, Iowa.