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UI Spiral Footbridge (N)

Johnson County, Iowa

Photos 

Dated December, 1966.

Photo taken by Frederick Wallace Kent, Postcard scan provided by Hank Zaletel

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Overview
Concrete rigid frame bridge over US 6 on Pedestrian Pathway
Location
Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1960
Builder
- J.D. Vickrey Co. of Boone, Iowa
Design
Concrete rigid frame
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 77.0 ft.
Total length: 140.0 ft.
Deck width: 6.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.66096, -91.54223   (decimal degrees)
41°39'39" N, 91°32'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/621369/4613160 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Iowa City West
Inventory number
BH 65671 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1960 (327)
Built during 1960s (2,002)
Curved (446)
Have street view (26,371)
Iowa (6,365)
Iowa City, Iowa (55)
J.D. Vickrey Co. (1)
Johnson County, Iowa (191)
 Open (39,435)
Owned by city (5,224)
Rigid frame (689)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,372)
Spiral Bridge (7)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,852)
University of Iowa (6)

Update Log 

  • February 11, 2020: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • February 11, 2020: Updated by Luke: Added builder
  • February 25, 2018: New Street View added by Luke
  • April 5, 2015: Updated by Roger Deschner: Added category "Curved"
  • January 25, 2015: Updated by Dave King: Fixed location
  • January 25, 2015: New Street View added by Luke

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