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Fourmile Creek Marsh Arch Bridge

Polk County, Iowa

Photo 

Four Mile Creek bridge

Side view of lost Four Mile Creek concrete rainbow arch bridge, 1914.

Photo taken by the DOT

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BH Photo #244785

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Marsh arch bridge over Fourmile Creek on
Location
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1914; Replaced ?
Design
Marsh arch
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.59696, -93.61622   (decimal degrees)
41°35'49" N, 93°36'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/448645/4605212 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Des Moines SE
Inventory number
BH 14248 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,310)
Built 1914 (819)
Built during 1910s (9,737)
Des Moines, Iowa (121)
Fourmile Creek (Des Moines River Tributary) (13)
Iowa (6,563)
 Lost (25,723)
Marsh arch (67)
Polk County, Iowa (276)
Rainbow arch (249)
Structurally deficient (13,751)

Update Log 

  • February 28, 2013: Updated by Clark Vance: Corrected creek name
  • February 28, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Edited entry to be for the arch
  • December 18, 2012: New photo from Michael O'Brien
  • January 25, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Four Mile Creek", added location on the map

Sources 

  • Michael O'Brien
  • Luke
  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com

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