US 6 Cedar River Bridge (Old)

Photos 

Photo provided by Dave Darby

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BH Photo #259052

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Lost Warren through truss bridge over Cedar River on US 6

Location

Muscatine County, Iowa

Status

Replaced by a new bridge

History

Built 1930, Replaced 1972

Builders

- A. Olson Construction Co. of Waterloo, Iowa
- Iowa State Highway Commission of Ames, Iowa (Design)

Design

Warren through truss

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.56723, -91.10692   (decimal degrees)
41°34'02" N, 91°06'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/657841/4603458 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Wilton

Inventory number

BH 57017 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• June 1, 2019: Updated by Luke: Added builder from Newspapers.com OCR text
• June 1, 2019: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
• July 7, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

Related Bridges 

• Moscow Bridge (Predecessor)

Sources 

• Luke
• Iowa State University Geographic Information Systems - 1950s Aerial Imagery
• Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
• The Muscatine Journal from Muscatine, Iowa on November 21, 1930 · 9 - Friday, November 21, 1930 -. ;m , i ) ;-l V 'I -r ' i' .. 'if. J 1 " ' 1 tr'.l . t n: n . ', . '! 'i ; v f , ' ; , - : . , . , , i . ! -!' ' ' ' V ' : ! '' -i 7

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