Rating:
14369
{61}%
3 votes
IAIS - 3rd Street Overpass
Photos
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BH Photo #231777
Description
Truss bridge on railroad approach to Government Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Subdivided Warren Through truss bridge over 3rd Street on Iowa Interstate Railroad tracks
- Location
- Davenport, Scott County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1928
- Builders
- - American Bridge Co. of New York (Fabrication)
- Cedar Rapids Construction Co. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Erection)
- Railroads
- - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS)
- Design
- Warren through truss with sub-panels approached by I-Beams
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 142.0 ft.
Total length: 174.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.52245, -90.56967 (decimal degrees)
41°31'21" N, 90°34'11" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/702779/4599608 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Davenport East
- Inventory numbers
- IA 2930 (Iowa bridge number)
IA 3350 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 14369 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 31, 2021: New photo from Luke
- January 16, 2020: Updated by Luke: Added contractor
- September 27, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
- October 30, 2013: New Street View added by Luke Harden
- December 28, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
- December 27, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added builder
- December 3, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
- October 21, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
- May 11, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
- October 8, 2011: Photo imported by Luke Harden
- July 20, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: Actually this line gets daily traffic from BNSF and IAIS
- July 20, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Updated status, this in on a currently active line with limited traffic
- June 11, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: Added photograph
Sources
- Luke
- Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
- The Daily Times from Davenport, Iowa on October 26, 1927 ยท 6 - Wednesday, October 26, 1927 1927. .rrtlltW ill 1 US 1MSE0FAIH A campaign of Information and eflucation regarding the use of air nmU will be launcnea in tne m-i cities next week, under the Joint j auspices of the chambers of com-citrce of the three ci
Luke,
This is a sub-divided Warren through truss, which can be easily mistaken for a Baltimore; they look very similar. The way to tell the difference is to imagine the bridge without the smaller half-panel diagonals. In this case, without those smaller diagonals, you would have a standard Warren configuration. If it were a Baltimore, you would have a Pratt configuration rather than a Warren. Hope this helps!