IAIS - Iowa River Bridge

Photos 

Photo taken by Douglas W. Jones

License: Public domain: Released by author

View this photo at Wikimedia Commons

BH Photo #222870

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview

Deck plate girder bridge over Iowa River on Iowa Interstate Railroad

Location

Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1901

Builder

- American Bridge Co. of New York (Chicago Plant & ca 1950s NY)

Railroads

- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS)

Design

Deck plate girder

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 642.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.65282, -91.53897   (decimal degrees)
41°39'10" N, 91°32'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/621656/4612261 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Iowa City West

Inventory numbers

IA 31560 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 49783 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• September 27, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
• October 18, 2013: New Street View added by Luke Harden
• August 15, 2013: New photos from John Marvig
• August 13, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Added dimensions
• August 11, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Corrected build date & noted other builder
• June 18, 2013: New photos from Dave King
• November 28, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
• July 26, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added probable build date based on build date of approach span and probabble builder based on plaque shape.
• May 24, 2012: New Street View added by Luke Harden
• January 6, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
• October 8, 2011: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

• Luke
• RailPictures.net - Image showing that a plaque exists
• Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
• John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
• John Marvig Railroad Bridge Photogaphy

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