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Center Street Bridge

Polk County, Iowa

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Center Street Bridge

The Des Moines Register: January 7 1939

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BH Photo #462610

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over Walnut Creek on Center Street
Location
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Status
Removed
History
Built 1939; Closed 1969 after the MacVicar Freeway/I235 opened; Removed 1973/1974
Builder
- King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Co. of Cleveland, Ohio (Original 1891 fabrication at Ball's Ford at Levey, Iowa) [also known as King Bridge Co.]
Design
Through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.59194, -93.70937   (decimal degrees)
41°35'31" N, 93°42'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/440877/4604713 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 84175 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1939 (774)
Built during 1930s (11,773)
Des Moines, Iowa (119)
Iowa (6,530)
King Bridge Co. (368)
King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Co. (31)
Lost (25,041)
Lost 1973 (79)
 Lost during 1970s (795)
Owned by city (5,491)
Polk County, Iowa (274)
Relocated (911)
Through truss (15,204)
Truss (33,000)
Windsor Heights, Iowa (4)

Update Log 

  • December 19, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • December 18, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • January 15, 2019: Added by Luke

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Sources 

  • Luke
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
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Center Street Bridge
Posted December 18, 2019, by Luke

According to https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/128643787/, this was one of spans from Ball's Ford/Levey as well.

Additionally, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/127653422/ seems to show a small portion of the bridge.