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US151 Monticello Bridge (Old)

Jones County, Iowa

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US 151 Monticello Bridge (Old)

The Gazette: July 10 1929

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BH Photo #462596

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Parker through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on US 151/161
Location
Monticello, Jones County, Iowa
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1928; Replaced 1969
Builders
- Iowa State Highway Commission of Ames, Iowa (Design)
- Mannes Construction Co. of Minneapolis, Minnesota (Contractor)
Design
Parker through truss
Also called
US161 Monticello Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.24383, -91.17952   (decimal degrees)
42°14'38" N, 91°10'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/650193/4678453 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 87521 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1928 (1,221)
Built during 1920s (10,256)
ISHC Standard Series T (197)
Iowa (6,790)
Iowa State Highway Commission (834)
Jones County, Iowa (60)
Lost (28,403)
Lost 1969 (97)
Lost during 1960s (922)
Mannes Construction Co. (2)
 Maquoketa River (65)
Monticello, Iowa (4)
Owned by state (16,550)
Parker through truss (1,406)
Parker truss (1,801)
Replaced by new bridge (19,312)
Through truss (16,730)
Truss (35,397)
US 151 (17)
US 161 (9)

Update Log 

  • December 18, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • December 18, 2019: Added by Luke

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
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US151 Monticello Bridge (Old)
Posted December 18, 2019, by Luke

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/549367221/ Another picture and I believe the OCR implies the builder is mentioned in text, but the OCR is, in usual Newspapers.com form, a garbled mess.

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/127732272/ also implies they built the bridge at Anamosa on the same route, but it's garbled there as well.

Thanks again Melissa, as always!