Bridgehunter.com | RI - Bayfield Arch

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Photo taken by Luke in April 2021

BH Photo #495089

This arch is located on property owned by D&M Wagner Inc. Mr. Wagner was very gracious in letting me access his land.

Overview: Crumbling Stone arch bridge over Unnamed Stream on Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Location: Bayfield, Muscatine County, Iowa
Status: Abandoned
History: Abandoned 1938
Railroads: - Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Minnesota Railway (BCRM)
- Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway (BCRN)
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Muscatine & Iowa City Railway (M&IC)
- Muscatine Western Railroad (MWRy)
Design: Stone arch
Also called: RI - Unnamed Stream Arch
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.46496, -91.14904 (decimal degrees)
41°27'54" N, 91°08'57" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/654572/4592027 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Muscatine NW
Inventory number: BH 66928 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

RI - Bayfield Arch

Posted April 9, 2021, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

The yellow clay based brick is interesting. Normally BCRN bridges have a reddish brick on both stone and concrete arches:

It�s really too bad to see this one in such tough shape. It seems to be older than a lot of the stone arches I would expect to see in Iowa.

RI - Unnamed Stream Arch

Posted April 9, 2021, by Luke

Got in contact with the landowner and photographed it today.

Picture will be posted later.

RI - Unnamed Stream Arch

Posted March 21, 2020, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

This one looks old, probably constructed before 1885. Sad to see it so overgrown and in such tough shape.