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UP - Chariton River Bridge
Photos
Looking Southeast
Photo taken by Daniel Barnes in March 2018
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BH Photo #420285
Description
Original bridge here built 1913 when the line was constructed. South span built 1898, meaning it came from somewhere else. Center span probably dates to the 1930s or 1940s, and north span is "twinned", also indicating those pieces came from somewhere else.
Facts
- Overview
- Deck plate girder bridge over Chariton River on Union Pacific Railroad
- Location
- Lucas County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Originally built 1913 with a single deck girder; Secondhand Approaches Added 1941
- Builders
- - American Bridge Co. of New York (center span)
- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio (south span)
- List & Weatherly Construction Co. of Kansas City, Missouri (Abutments)
- Railroads
- - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- 1-90' Deck plate girder (1898)
1-100' Deck Plate Girder (Ca. 1940)
1-35' Twinned Deck Plate Girder
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 225.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.99218, -93.30383 (decimal degrees)
40°59'32" N, 93°18'14" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/474444/4537933 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Corydon NE
- Inventory number
- BH 75954 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 8, 2021: Updated by John Marvig: added approach construction date
- March 3, 2021: Updated by John Marvig: added information, noted relocation
- March 30, 2018: New photos from Daniel Barnes
- March 7, 2017: Added by Daniel Barnes