20th Street Overpass
Facts
- Overview
- Deck plate girder over Railroad (IAIS) on 20th Street
- Location
- Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa
- Status
- Intact but closed to all traffic
- Design
- Deck plate girder
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 61.0 ft.
Total length: 158.1 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.73778, -92.74543 (decimal degrees)
41°44'16" N, 92°44'44" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/521169/4620694 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Grinnell South
- Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 230
- Inventory numbers
- IA 293840 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 60987 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of December 2009)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 17.2 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Sources
- Julie Bowers - jbowerz1 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Luke
Comments
This bridge is still closed March 25,2015. The County says they have contacted the IAIS Railroad about getting it replaced but the RR is doing nothing to rebuild or fix this bridge and arguing whether they are the ones to fix or replace it. We are searching for answers to history and proof of RR ownership .Also history of when this road was established.Was the road established before the railroad ? We have a photo in the Centennial Grinnell Book that shows a possible previous bridge that existed here before present bridge.The caption calls it "the old overhead bridge crossing the Rock Island rr west of town." It says the pictured bridge burned down. No dates are given . Please help us dig for information if possible. We need traffic to this bridge and road restored.
This bridge has been closed. I was asked and know nothing. If its here let me know. I couldn't find it. I was told it is owned by the railroad. Love the hympback and big rivets.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ia/poweshiek/bh60987/
Came upon this bridge yesterday, and replacement is under way. It looks like the structure was built with secondhand materials. Does anyone have any more photos?