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NW 86th Street Beaver Creek Bridge

Polk County, Iowa

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Beaver Creek Bridge

The Des Moines Register: December 23 1982

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BH Photo #462615

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Beaver Creek on NW 86th Street
Location
Herrold, Polk County, Iowa
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Built 1909 at Levey, Iowa; Rebuilt here 1939; Closed 1982
Builder
- Clinton Bridge & Iron Works of Clinton, Iowa (Original Fabrication)
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 107.9 ft.
Total length: 140.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.71388, -93.73663   (decimal degrees)
41°42'50" N, 93°44'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/438721/4618271 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory numbers
IA 282250 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 87529 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1939 (822)
Built during 1930s (12,361)
Clinton Bridge & Iron Works (82)
Herrold, Iowa (2)
Iowa (6,910)
Lost (32,321)
M-frame portal (90)
Pin-connected (5,511)
 Polk County, Iowa (284)
Pratt through truss (6,455)
Pratt truss (10,915)
Relocated (1,112)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,703)
Through truss (19,326)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,504)
Truss (38,718)

Update Log 

  • January 18, 2020: Updated by Luke: Merged 1996 NBI data; Bridge survived until the early 2000s.
  • December 18, 2019: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • December 18, 2019: Added by Luke

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Sources 

  • Luke
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
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Comments 

Beaver Creek Bridge
Posted December 18, 2019, by Luke

Thanks, Melissa! I don't know about anyone else, but this sure looks like one of the Ball's Ford/Levey spans to me.

Beaver Creek Bridge
Posted December 18, 2019, by Luke

One more, Melissa!

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/129278076/

Thanks again, as always.