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CN - Wapsipinicon River Bridge

Linn County, Iowa

Photos 

Photo taken by Jason Smith in August 2011

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BH Photo #214126

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Wapsipinicon River on CN Railroad
Location
Central City, Linn County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1924, approaches rebuilt 1953
Railroads
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad (CC)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
Design
3-70' Deck plate girders
124' Trestle approach
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 70.0 ft.
Total length: 334.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.20017, -91.52433   (decimal degrees)
42°12'01" N, 91°31'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/621829/4673054 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Central City
Inventory number
BH 49673 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (15,918)
Built 1924 (749)
Built during 1920s (9,993)
Canadian National Railway (521)
Central City, Iowa (8)
Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad (93)
Deck girder (5,820)
Girder (10,364)
Have street view (27,123)
Illinois Central Railroad (593)
 Iowa (6,544)
Linn County, Iowa (237)
Open (40,042)
Owned by railroad (12,591)
Plate girder (8,038)
Railroad (15,662)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,125)
Timber stringer (4,072)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,272)
Wapsipinicon River (77)

Update Log 

  • September 5, 2013: New Street View added by Dave King
  • March 12, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added category "Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad"
  • March 12, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • November 28, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Edited name
  • September 19, 2011: Added by Jason Smith

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Sources 

  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • Luke
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com

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