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BH Photo #258774

Overview: Lost Through truss bridge over Des Moines River on Railroad
Location: Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Status: Removed due to "Urban Renewal"
History: Built 1905; Demolished 1986
Builder: - Des Moines Bridge & Iron Co./Works of Des Moines, Iowa
Railroads: - Des Moines & Central Iowa Railway (DCI; DMCI)
- Inter-Urban Railway Co.
Design: Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.61377, -93.61892 (decimal degrees)
41°36'50" N, 93°37'08" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/448433/4607079 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Des Moines SE
Inventory number: BH 54303 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

January 30, 2023: New photo from Luke
March 23, 2021: Updated by Luke: Blown up in 1986; Not 1993
January 13, 2019: Updated by Luke: Added builder
December 16, 2017: New photo from Luke
February 10, 2017: New photos from Daniel Barnes
August 1, 2015: New photos from Andy Winegar
July 17, 2015: New photo from Luke
May 27, 2014: New photos from Michael O'Brien
July 4, 2013: New photos from Luke Harden
March 7, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added what caused the brige to be "lost". It was not destroyed by the flood of 93, but an "urban renwal" project.
March 6, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added probable cause of the bridge's destrection and the lost date.
November 9, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added ampersand to name
November 4, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Lattice Portal"

Luke
Michael O'Brien
Iowa State University Geographic Information Systems - 1970s Aerial Imagery
Andy Winegar
Daniel Barnes
The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa on January 14, 1986 · Page 14 - Tuesday, January 14, 1986 ER Tut., Jag. H, 1986 Rail bridge demolition startles area residents By TOM SUK ReeJtiw Naa rer Many Dei Moinei area residents were startled by an explosion shortly after f p.m. Monday and flooded the police and (ire departm