MILW - Cone Lake Bridge

Photos 

East View

The former ROW on the west side of the bridge is now part of the Hoover Trail.

Photo taken by Dylan VanAntwerp in March 2013

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BH Photo #249961

Map 

Description 

Facts 

Overview

Lost Pony/through plate girder bridge over Cone Lake on Railroad

Location

Muscatine County, Iowa

Status

Removed

History

Built 1944, Removed in 1985

Builder

- Bethlehem Steel Co. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Railroad

- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)

Design

Pony plate girder

Also called

MILW Bridge #I-1046

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.37556, -91.32617   (decimal degrees)
41°22'32" N, 91°19'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/639972/4581800 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Nichols

Inventory number

BH 54470 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• January 23, 2019: Updated by Luke: Corrected build date
• March 6, 2013: New photos from Dylan VanAntwerp
• February 2, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added build date.
• November 14, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

Related Bridges 

• MILW - Cone Lake Bridge (Old) (Predecessor)

Sources 

• Luke
• Iowa State University Geographic Information Systems - 1950s Aerial Imagery
• Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com
• The Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune from Muscatine, Iowa on March 1, 1944 - Article

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