Rating:
2 votes

IA70 Iowa River Bridge

Louisa County, Iowa

Photos 

Photo provided by Hank Zaletel

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

Enlarge

BH Photo #257656

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Parker through truss bridge over Iowa River on IA 70
Location
Columbus Junction, Louisa County, Iowa
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Replaced 1989
Builders
- Iowa State Highway Commission of Ames, Iowa (Design)
- Snyder & Johnson of Humbolt, Iowa
Design
Parker through truss
Also called
IA76 Iowa River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.29178, -91.35995   (decimal degrees)
41°17'30" N, 91°21'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/637323/4572445 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Columbus Junction
Inventory number
BH 56684 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (16,880)
Built 1932 (988)
Built during 1930s (12,165)
Columbus Junction, Iowa (19)
IA 70 (3)
IA 76 (3)
ISHC Standard Series T (197)
ISHC Standard Series V (109)
Iowa (6,791)
Iowa River (138)
Iowa State Highway Commission (835)
 Lost (28,435)
Lost 1989 (192)
Lost during 1980s (1,532)
Louisa County, Iowa (84)
Parker through truss (1,406)
Parker truss (1,801)
Replaced by new bridge (19,339)
Snyder & Johnson (14)
Steel stringer (6,712)
Through truss (16,751)
Truss (35,423)

Update Log 

  • January 17, 2019: Updated by Luke: Added build date
  • August 15, 2013: New photo from Luke Harden
  • June 20, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

Related Bridges 

Sources 

Comments 

Post a comment here