Rating:
55925
{94}%
9 votes
UP - Miller Creek Bridge #4
Photos
Approaching from the East
View looking down the old ROW west towards the bridge, which is partially hidden in the trees.
Photo taken by Dylan VanAntwerp in May 2013
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BH Photo #253653
Description
Build date provided by ICC Valuation Summary Report, courtesy Doug Harding collection.
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned through truss bridge over Miller Creek on former UP RR
- Location
- Monroe County, Iowa
- Status
- Derelict/abandoned with rails removed
- History
- Built 1904, Abandoned early 2000s
- Builders
- - Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
- Phoenix Iron Works of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (Fabricator)
- Railroads
- - Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Iowa Central Railway (IAC)
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway (MSTL)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- Warren through truss with sub-panels
- Dimensions
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Span length: 103.0 ft.
Total length: 103.0 ft.
- Also called
- M&StL Bridge #542
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.10783, -92.71486 (decimal degrees)
41°06'28" N, 92°42'53" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/523941/4550766 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Avery
- Inventory number
- BH 55925 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 17, 2019: Updated by John Marvig: added build date from ICC records
- October 16, 2016: New photos from Dylan VanAntwerp
- October 27, 2014: Updated by John Marvig: added build date
- August 31, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: added photo information
- July 1, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: added fabricator
- May 13, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added type (Not sure if correct)
- May 13, 2013: New photos from Dylan VanAntwerp
- March 29, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added categories "Union Pacific Railroad", "Chicago & North Western Railway", "Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway", "railroad"