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Ellington Road Bridge

Mills County, Iowa

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Note: The following information comes from the National Bridge Inventory and has not been verified.
Overview
Lost Pony truss bridge over Keg Creek on Ellington Road
Location
Mills County, Iowa
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1964
Design
Pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 91.9 ft.
Total length: 150.9 ft.
Deck width: 17.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.08764, -95.71976   (decimal degrees)
41°05'15" N, 95°43'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/281685/4559794 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Glenwood
Land survey
T. 73 N., R. 42 W., Sec. 31
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
40
Inventory numbers
IA 247090 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 14041 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of February 2017)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 26.4 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Built 1964 (153)
Built during 1960s (2,036)
Iowa (6,528)
Lost (24,968)
Lost 2018 (188)
Lost during 2010s (3,298)
Mills County, Iowa (70)
One-lane traffic (7,613)
 Owned by county (20,848)
Pony truss (16,241)
Replaced by new bridge (16,764)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,453)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,937)
Truss (32,958)
Wooden deck (6,073)

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Ellington Road Bridge
Posted September 13, 2018, by Jackie Neighbors (sagebird [at] gmail [dot] com)

This bridge was demolished last winter and another is being built in its place as we speak.