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Artesian Road Bridge

Linn County, Iowa

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Photo taken for the NRHP

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BH Photo #400253

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Description 

A closer look shows this to be another example of WIBCo's Pratt variant that featured double-intersecting counters. This has also been referred to as a Hammond Truss. It might have built at the same time as the Bertram Road Bridge that survives several miles South over the same creek.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Hammond (Pratt variant) through truss bridge over Indian Creek on Artesian Road
Location
Marion, Linn County, Iowa
Status
Destroyed by collision with empty grain semi
History
Built 1889; Destroyed 1998; Replaced 1999
Builder
- Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design
Pratt variant through truss (double-intersecting counters)
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 101.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.07927, -91.56196   (decimal degrees)
42°04'45" N, 91°33'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/618948/4659578 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Marion
Land survey
T. 84 N., R. 6 W., Sec. 20
Inventory numbers
IA 221395 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 40649 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,629)
Built 1889 (239)
Built during 1880s (2,010)
Destroyed by collision (92)
Formerly NR-listed (138)
Hammond through truss (7)
Iowa (6,530)
Linn County, Iowa (233)
Lost (24,997)
 Lost 1999 (439)
Lost during 1990s (4,001)
Marion, Iowa (14)
Pin-connected (3,924)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,409)
Through truss (15,192)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,191)
Truss (32,977)
Wrought Iron Bridge Co. (375)

Update Log 

  • February 7, 2021: Updated by Luke: Updated cause of loss
  • October 15, 2018: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type
  • August 19, 2017: Updated by Luke: Added builder + image
  • March 1, 2009: Added by James Baughn

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