IA92 Des Moines River Bridge (Old)

Photo

Photo taken by Jeff Petty

BH Photo #501122

Overview: Lost Parker through truss bridge over Des Moines River on Old Hwy. 92
Location: Mahaska County, Iowa
Status: No longer exists
History: Built 1930, Removed ca. 1977
Builders: - Iowa State Highway Commission of Ames, Iowa
- Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co. of Des Moines, Iowa & Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Design: Parker through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 1,229.1 ft.
Deck width: 21.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.28759, -92.86378 (decimal degrees)
41°17'15" N, 92°51'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/511406/4570692 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Leighton
Inventory numbers: IA 34950 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 53035 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

July 5, 2021: New photo from Luke
June 13, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added builder
April 3, 2016: Updated by Luke: Corrected loss date via Dave Darby
June 10, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Des Moines River", "IA 92"
July 31, 2012: Added by Jason Smith

IA92 Des Moines River Bridge (Old)

Posted July 5, 2021, by Jeff Petty (rexco4 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Here is a photo of the old hwy 92 bridge

IA92 Des Moines River Bridge (Old)

Posted April 3, 2016, by Dave Darby (dwdarby [at] aol [dot] com)

Actually it was gone by the 1980s. The new IA 92 alignment (east of Knoxville) and bridge was completed in 1977.